223rd Street & 38th Avenue

The three-way junction of 223rd Street and 38th Avenue is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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223rd Street & 38th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 214-32 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    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 October 2015.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11361
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
48 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 160 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 1930 and 1960.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites

Schools and child care

  1. Interdisciplinary Cntr for Child Dev Preschool
    460 feet
  2. ICCD Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    520 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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