Bell Boulevard & 26th Avenue

Bell Boulevard and 26th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Chabad Academy of Arts and Sciences is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/24 Av, is 280 feet away for the Q13 and Q31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 18 places to eat.

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Bell Boulevard & 26th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/24 Av, 280 feet away, for the Q13 and Q31.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/24 Av Q13, Q31
    280 feet
    Q13 Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …
  2. Q31 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 34-51 Bell Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11360
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109 and 111 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Terrace-Clearview
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 150 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 1970.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2020 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 26th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bell Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bell Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-1PM
  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Chabad of Northeastern Queens Preschool · Pre-K
    480 feet
  2. Chabad Academy of Arts and Sciences School
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,110 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    230 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    60 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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