231st Street & Stronghurst Avenue

The three-way junction of 231st Street and Stronghurst Avenue is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Alley Athletic Playground is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/Grand Central Pkwy, is 750 feet away for the Q46 and Q48, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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231st Street & Stronghurst Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/Grand Central Pkwy, 750 feet away, for the Q46 and Q48.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/Grand Central Pkwy Q46, Q48
    750 feet
    Q46 Q48

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q46 …
  2. Q48 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 223-15 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 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 January 2020.

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
142 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Mushashino' zelkova.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Athletic Playground
    290 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 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 nearest corners on foot, five of them 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, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.