56th Avenue & 226th Street
The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and 226th 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. In 2025, 495 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Linnaeus Park is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 56 Av/223 St, is 660 feet 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, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 56 Av/223 St, 660 feet away, for the Q74 and Q75.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 56 Av/223 St Q74, Q75660 feetQ74 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q74 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 56th Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 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 charger0.8 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.5 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 May 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 495 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,190th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 267 more were issued.
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 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1970.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 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 park feature
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Linnaeus Park1,090 feet
- Alley Pond Park1,100 feet
- Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature1,140 feet
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 226th Street & 56th Road 280 feet
- 56th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 290 feet
- 57th Avenue & 226th Street 540 feet
- 53rd Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 590 feet
- 56th Avenue & 223rd Street 630 feet
- 56th Avenue & 228th Street 640 feet
- 57th Avenue & Cloverdale Boulevard 790 feet
- 57th Avenue & 225th Street 800 feet
See every intersection along 226th Street or 56th Avenue.