56th Road & East Hampton Boulevard

The three-way junction of 56th Road and East Hampton Boulevard is in Bayside, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Linnaeus Park is 910 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/East Hampton Blvd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q30, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along East Hampton Boulevard. About 180 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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56th Road & East Hampton Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/East Hampton Blvd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q30.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/East Hampton Blvd Q30
    0.3 miles
    Q30

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on East Hampton Boulevard.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at West Alley Road & Cross Island Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

No 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 June 2017.

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
108 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 180 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East Hampton Boulevard

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    160 feet
  2. Linnaeus Park
    910 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.