56th Avenue & 215th Street
The four-way crossing of 56th Avenue and 215th Street is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Colonial Church of Bayside is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 216 St/Luke Pl, is 790 feet away for the Q27, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 216 St/Luke Pl, 790 feet away, for the Q27.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 216 St/Luke Pl Q27790 feetQ27
Next buses at this stop
- Q27 …
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.
- 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.6 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.1 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 December 2016.
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
- 92 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
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 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- The Civic School of Bayside Hills School630 feet
- P.S. 390 Pre-K630 feet
Houses of worship
- Colonial Church of Bayside House of worship780 feet
Supermarkets
- Foodtown Supermarket0.4 miles
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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 214th Street 260 feet
- 56th Avenue & Bell Boulevard 280 feet
- 56th Avenue & 213th Street 520 feet
- 56th Avenue & 217th Street 540 feet
- 53rd Avenue & 215th Street 620 feet
- 58th Avenue & 215th Street 620 feet
- 56th Avenue & Luke Place 660 feet
- 53rd Avenue & Bell Boulevard 680 feet
See every intersection along 215th Street or 56th Avenue.