229th Street & Hoxie Drive

The three-way junction of 229th Street and Hoxie Drive is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Alley Pond Park is 650 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/223 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q74 and Q75. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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229th Street & Hoxie Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/223 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q74 and Q75.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 56 Av/223 St Q74, Q75
    0.4 miles
    Q74 Q75

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q74 …
  2. Q75 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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
11364
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
23
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 190 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 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    650 feet
  2. Horatio Playground
    670 feet
  3. Linnaeus Park
    1,220 feet
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  1. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,290 feet

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 of the 10 corners 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.