234th Street & Seward Avenue

The four-way crossing of 234th Street and Seward Avenue is in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Martin van Buren High School is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/234 St, is 840 feet away for the Q46, Q48, QM6 and QM36, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

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234th Street & Seward Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/234 St, 840 feet away, for the Q46, Q48, QM6 and QM36.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/234 St Q46, Q48, QM6, QM36
    840 feet
    Q46 Q48 QM6 QM36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q46 …
  2. Q48 …
  3. QM6 …
  4. QM36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 222-41 Braddock Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
103 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 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Business Technology Early College High School
    1,270 feet
  2. Martin van Buren High School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Athletic Playground
    840 feet

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.