53rd Avenue & 230th Street
The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and 230th Street is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Horatio Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/223 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q74 and Q75, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/223 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q74 and Q75.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 56 Av/223 St Q74, Q750.4 milesQ74 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q74 …
- Q75 …
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.
- 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.9 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.1 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 miles
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 2017.
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
- 115 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 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Alley Pond Park770 feet
- Linnaeus Park970 feet
- Horatio Playground1,070 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 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:
- 53rd Avenue & 229th Street 260 feet
- 53rd Avenue & Horatio Parkway 490 feet
- 56th Avenue & 229th Street 560 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 228th Street 600 feet
- 53rd Avenue & East Hampton Boulevard 630 feet
- 230th Street & Hoxie Drive 670 feet
- Horatio Parkway & East Hampton Boulevard 730 feet
- 56th Avenue & East Hampton Boulevard 760 feet
See every intersection along 230th Street or 53rd Avenue.