56th Avenue & 211th Street
The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and 211th Street is in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Civic School of Bayside Hills is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/213 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q30 and Q75, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 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 Horace Harding Expwy/213 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q30 and Q75.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/213 St Q30, Q750.3 milesQ30 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 56th Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 212th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.7 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.7 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 March 2025.
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
- 72 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Civic School of Bayside Hills School920 feet
- P.S. 390 Pre-K920 feet
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 212th Street 260 feet
- 56th Avenue & 210th Street 300 feet
- 56th Avenue & 213th Street 520 feet
- 56th Avenue & Oceania Street 570 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 211th Street 620 feet
- 58th Avenue & 211th Street 620 feet
- 56th Avenue & 214th Street 770 feet
- 56th Avenue & 208th Street 830 feet
See every intersection along 211th Street or 56th Avenue.