53rd Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard
The three-way junction of 53rd Avenue and Cloverdale Boulevard 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. Alley Pond Park is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/223 St, is 1,250 feet away for the Q74 and Q75, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/223 St, 1,250 feet away, for the Q74 and Q75.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 56 Av/223 St Q74, Q751,250 feetQ74 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.8 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.9 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2021.
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
- 89 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Cloverdale Boulevard
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 college
- 1 park feature
Schools and child care
- Queensborough Comm Coll College900 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Linnaeus Park1,110 feet
- Alley Pond Park1,200 feet
- Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature1,260 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 53rd Avenue & 228th Street 280 feet
- 56th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 310 feet
- 56th Avenue & 226th Street 590 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 229th Street 620 feet
- 56th Avenue & 228th Street 660 feet
- Cloverdale Boulevard & Hoxie Drive 660 feet
- 228th Street & Hoxie Drive 670 feet
- 57th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 810 feet
See every intersection along 53rd Avenue or Cloverdale Boulevard.