223rd Street & 137th Avenue

The three-way junction of 223rd Street and 137th Avenue is in Laurelton, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/222 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q5, Q86 and Q87, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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223rd Street & 137th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/222 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q5, Q86 and Q87.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/222 St Q5, Q86, Q87
    0.3 miles
    Q5 Q86 Q87

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …
  2. Q86 …
  3. Q87 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at South Conduit Avenue & 221st Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 219-25 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Laurelton
Elevation
23 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the Norway maple.

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.