47th Avenue & 215th Place

The four-way crossing of 47th Avenue and 215th Place 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. P.S. 031 Bayside is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 48 Av/216 St, is 710 feet away for the Q27, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks, and nine places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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47th Avenue & 215th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 Av/216 St, 710 feet away, for the Q27.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/216 St Q27
    710 feet
    Q27

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    780 feet
  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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 47th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Outshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. P.S. 031 Bayside School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Captain Dermody Triangle
    670 feet
  2. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,080 feet
  3. Alley Pond Park
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    950 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and four food stores.

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 12 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.