226th Street & 56th Road
The three-way junction of 226th Street and 56th Road is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Linnaeus Park is 1,100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/223 St, is 940 feet away for the Q74 and Q75, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/223 St, 940 feet away, for the Q74 and Q75.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 56 Av/223 St Q74, Q75940 feetQ74 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q74 …
- Q75 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.9 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.8 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
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)
- Bayside
- Elevation
- 92 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2014, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 226th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Benjamin N. Cardozo High School1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Linnaeus Park1,100 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 57th Avenue & 226th Street 270 feet
- 56th Avenue & 226th Street 280 feet
- 57th Avenue & 225th Street 520 feet
- 56th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 560 feet
- 226th Street & 57th Road 590 feet
- 223rd Street & 56th Road 720 feet
- 224th Street & 57th Avenue 790 feet
- 57th Road & Cloverdale Boulevard 860 feet
See every intersection along 226th Street or 56th Road.