56th Avenue & 231st Street
The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and 231st 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. Alley Pond Park is 440 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/East Hampton Blvd, is 0.4 miles away for the Q30, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1955, 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/East Hampton Blvd, 0.4 miles away, for the Q30.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/East Hampton Blvd Q300.4 milesQ30
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 56th Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at West Alley Road & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station1 mile
- 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.1 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.6 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 September 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
- 107 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Alley Pond Park440 feet
- Linnaeus Park770 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 230th Street 280 feet
- 56th Avenue & East Hampton Boulevard 300 feet
- Horatio Parkway & East Hampton Boulevard 330 feet
- 56th Avenue & 229th Street 550 feet
- 53rd Avenue & Horatio Parkway 570 feet
- 53rd Avenue & East Hampton Boulevard 580 feet
- 57th Avenue & 231st Street 610 feet
- 230th Street & 57th Avenue 730 feet
See every intersection along 231st Street or 56th Avenue.