56th Avenue & 219th Street
The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and 219th Street 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. Colonial Church of Bayside is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/220 St, is 250 feet away for the Q27, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/220 St, 250 feet away, for the Q27.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 56 Av/220 St Q27250 feetQ27
Next buses at this stop
- Q27 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 56th Avenue.
- 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.6 miles
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.5 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.2 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 August 2023.
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
- 68 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 in 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 garden
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- P.S. 203 Oakland Gardens School860 feet
- Benjamin N. Cardozo High School1,100 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature390 feet
- Alley Pond Park440 feet
- Oakland Gardens Playground570 feet
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- Oakland Gardens Garden620 feet
Houses of worship
- Colonial Church of Bayside House of worship760 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat.
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 220th Street 260 feet
- 56th Avenue & 218th Street 260 feet
- Springfield Boulevard & 56th Avenue 340 feet
- 56th Avenue & Luke Place 410 feet
- 56th Avenue & 217th Street 520 feet
- 217th Street & Luke Place 640 feet
- Springfield Boulevard & 54th Avenue 690 feet
- 58th Avenue & 219th Street 700 feet
See every intersection along 219th Street or 56th Avenue.