46th Avenue & 218th Street

The four-way crossing of 46th Avenue and 218th 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 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/217 St, is 840 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 seven places to eat.

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46th Avenue & 218th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/217 St, 840 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/217 St Q12
    840 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 46th Avenue.

  • 4 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    900 feet
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,040 feet
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 January 2021.

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
53 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 1950 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

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
    310 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    330 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.