43rd Avenue & 219th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 219th Street is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park is 1,180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/219 St, is 570 feet away for the Q12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and ten places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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43rd Avenue & 219th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/219 St, 570 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/219 St Q12 · Shelter
    570 feet
    Q12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    720 feet
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11361
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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 between June 2022 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 219th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,180 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten 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 of the 9 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, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.