230th Street & 138th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 230th Street and 138th Avenue is in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens United Middle School is 650 feet away. The nearest bus stop, North Conduit Av/230 Pl, is 0.4 miles away for the Q85 and Q89, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

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230th Street & 138th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is North Conduit Av/230 Pl, 0.4 miles away, for the Q85 and Q89.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. North Conduit Av/230 Pl Q85, Q89
    0.4 miles
    Q85 Q89

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q85 …
  2. Q89 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 135th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.6 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 138th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 138th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 230th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 156 Laurelton School
    650 feet
  2. Queens United Middle School
    650 feet
  3. Linden SDA Elementary School
    940 feet
Show all 5
  1. Nicky's Little Sprouts, D. C Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Linden SDA Daycare Center School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,160 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.