231st Street & 87th Avenue
The three-way junction of 231st Street and 87th Avenue is in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Business Technology Early College High School is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/231 St, is 610 feet away for the Q43, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/231 St, 610 feet away, for the Q43.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/231 St Q43610 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 222-41 Braddock Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers460 feet
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 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11427
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bellerose
- Elevation
- 93 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1951.
Trees
NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 87th Avenue
- Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Psychotherapeutic Eval - Hillside School610 feet
- Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K620 feet
- Business Technology Early College High School890 feet
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- Martin van Buren High School890 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 232nd Street & 87th Avenue 270 feet
- 87th Avenue & 233rd Street 550 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 231st Street 600 feet
- 87th Avenue & Winchester Boulevard 700 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 232nd Street 860 feet
- 88th Avenue & Winchester Boulevard 990 feet
- 87th Avenue & Musket Street 990 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 233rd Street 1,120 feet
See every intersection along 231st Street or 87th Avenue.