88th Avenue & Pontiac Street
The three-way junction of 88th Avenue and Pontiac Street is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Detective William T. Gunn Playground is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Braddock Av/224 St, is 1,220 feet away for the Q1, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Braddock Av/224 St, 1,220 feet away, for the Q1.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Braddock Av/224 St Q11,220 feetQ1
Next buses at this stop
- Q1 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 85th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 222-41 Braddock Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers0.4 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 March 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11427
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bellerose
- Elevation
- 94 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1975.
Trees
NYC Parks records 86 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur corktree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 88th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 018 Winchester School770 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Detective William T. Gunn Playground470 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 88th Avenue & 235th Court 200 feet
- 88th Avenue & 235th Court at Moline Street 240 feet
- 88th Avenue & Ransom Street 270 feet
- 87th Avenue & 235th Court 340 feet
- 88th Avenue & Lyman Street 530 feet
- 88th Avenue & Sabre Street 540 feet
- 89th Avenue & Moline Street 610 feet
- 87th Avenue & Range Street 650 feet
See every intersection along 88th Avenue.