43rd Avenue & 220th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 220th Street is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/219 St, is 830 feet away for the Q12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and nine places to eat.

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43rd Avenue & 220th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/219 St, 830 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/219 St Q12 · Shelter
    830 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
    980 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
    0.7 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
68 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 1935 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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 March 2022 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,230 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine 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 and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.