231st Street & Seward Avenue
The three-way junction of 231st Street and Seward Avenue is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Martin van Buren High School is 1,010 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/231 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q43, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools. About 180 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/231 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q43.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/231 St Q430.3 milesQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 223-15 Union Turnpike Gas station0.6 miles
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
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
- 109 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 180 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the silver maple.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Business Technology Early College High School1,010 feet
- Martin van Buren High School1,010 feet
- Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,210 feet
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- Psychotherapeutic Eval - Hillside School1,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Alley Athletic Playground1,000 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 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 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 232nd Street & Seward Avenue 260 feet
- 230th Street & Seward Avenue 260 feet
- 229th Street & Seward Avenue 520 feet
- 233rd Street & Seward Avenue 520 feet
- 231st Street & Stronghurst Avenue 720 feet
- 230th Street & Stronghurst Avenue 750 feet
- 234th Street & Seward Avenue 780 feet
- 229th Street & Stronghurst Avenue 810 feet
See every intersection along 231st Street or Seward Avenue.