23rd Avenue & 215th Street

The three-way junction of 23rd Avenue and 215th Street is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bell Academy is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/23 Av, is 330 feet away for the QM2 and QM32, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and six places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1963 and 1971, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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23rd Avenue & 215th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/23 Av, 330 feet away, for the QM2 and QM32.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/23 Av QM2, QM32
    330 feet
    QM2 QM32

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM2 …
  2. QM32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & Bell Boulevard at Totten Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11360
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Terrace-Clearview
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1963 and 1971.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 215th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 23rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Bell Academy School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 169 Bay Terrace School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bay Terrace Playground
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bay Terrace Library
    410 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 212-00 23rd Avenue Older adult center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    750 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    670 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.