53rd Avenue & 217th Street
The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and 217th Street is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Luke Pl/217 St, is 490 feet away for the Q27, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Luke Pl/217 St, 490 feet away, for the Q27.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Luke Pl/217 St Q27490 feetQ27
Next buses at this stop
- Q27 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.3 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 October 2019.
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
- 94 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1935 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 garden
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens School880 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature810 feet
- Alley Pond Park820 feet
- Oakland Gardens Garden870 feet
Show all 5
- Oakland Gardens Playground1,060 feet
- Captain Dermody Triangle1,230 feet
Houses of worship
- Colonial Church of Bayside House of worship330 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 miles
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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 217th Street & 54th Avenue 270 feet
- 217th Street & 51st Avenue 280 feet
- 217th Street & Luke Place 450 feet
- 51st Avenue & 216th Street 540 feet
- 217th Street & 50th Avenue 560 feet
- 56th Avenue & Luke Place 710 feet
- 215th Street & 51st Avenue 720 feet
- Springfield Boulevard & 53rd Avenue 730 feet
See every intersection along 217th Street or 53rd Avenue.