50th Avenue & 231st Street

The four-way crossing of 50th Avenue and 231st Street is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Horatio Playground is 110 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 50th Avenue. About 100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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50th Avenue & 231st Street Nearby corners, linked

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 50th Avenue.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11364
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
23
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horatio Playground
    110 feet
  2. Alley Pond Park
    170 feet
  3. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,210 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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 corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

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