224th Street & 223rd Place
The three-way junction of 224th Street and 223rd Place (north) is in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The Battalion 53/Engine 326/Ladder 160 firehouse is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Springfield Blvd, is 940 feet away for the Q30, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 18 places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1948 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Springfield Blvd, 940 feet away, for the Q30.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Springfield Blvd Q30940 feetQ30
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.1 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11364
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
- Elevation
- 97 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1948 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 post office
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Interdisciplinary Cntr - Springfield School1,210 feet
- Kog Industries Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,220 feet
Community centers and public services
- Oakland Gardens Post Office860 feet
Fire and police
- Battalion 53/Engine 326/Ladder 160 Fire station1,180 feet
Bank branches
- Chase Bank branch1,110 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Horace Harding Expressway & 224th Street 250 feet
- 224th Street & 64th Avenue 420 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway 550 feet
- 64th Avenue & 223rd Place 670 feet
- 224th Street & 65th Avenue 830 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Cloverdale Boulevard 1,010 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Cloverdale Boulevard Pedestrian Overpass 1,040 feet
- 64th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 1,050 feet
See every intersection along 223rd Place or 224th Street.