227th Street & 137th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 227th Street and 137th Avenue is in Laurelton, Queens, and is also named Amanda Clarke Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Queens United Middle School is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/228 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q5, Q86 and Q87, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/228 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q5, Q86 and Q87.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Merrick Blvd/228 St Q5, Q86, Q870.3 milesQ5 Q86 Q87
Next buses at this stop
- Q5 …
- Q86 …
- Q87 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars0.9 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 June 2025.
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
- 20 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Amanda Clarke Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).
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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Amanda Clarke Way.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 7 religious buildings
- 3 schools
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
Schools and child care
- Linden SDA Daycare Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5320 feet
- Linden SDA Elementary School550 feet
- P.S. 156 Laurelton School750 feet
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- Queens United Middle School750 feet
- Nicky's Little Sprouts, D. C Pre-K1,070 feet
Houses of worship
- Good Shepherd Lutheran Church House of worship870 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Other stores
- Family Dollar Store0.5 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
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 226th Street & 137th Avenue 260 feet
- 228th Street & 137th Avenue 270 feet
- 225th Street & 137th Avenue 530 feet
- 229th Street & 137th Avenue 540 feet
- 227th Street & 138th Avenue 680 feet
- 135th Avenue & 227th Street 680 feet
- 224th Street & 137th Avenue 720 feet
- 230th Street & 137th Avenue 810 feet
See every intersection along 137th Avenue or 227th Street.