226th Street & 138th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 226th Street and 138th Avenue is in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Linden SDA Elementary School is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/228 St, is 0.5 miles away for the Q5, Q86 and Q87, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.

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226th Street & 138th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/228 St, 0.5 miles away, for the Q5, Q86 and Q87.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/228 St Q5, Q86, Q87
    0.5 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. 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 300 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 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Linden SDA Elementary School
    1,160 feet
  2. Linden SDA Daycare Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,160 feet
  3. Laurelton Masion Day Care Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 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

Nearby corners

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

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