Bell Boulevard & 28th Avenue

Bell Boulevard and 28th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Chabad Academy of Arts and Sciences is 930 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/28 Av, is 40 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 13 places to eat.

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Bell Boulevard & 28th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/28 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q13 and Q31.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/28 Av Q13, Q31
    40 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11360
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Bell Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bell Boulevard

  • No standing 8 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 Academy of Arts and Sciences School
    930 feet
  2. Chabad of Northeastern Queens Preschool · Pre-K
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    810 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Bay Terrace Shopping Center Shopping center
    650 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 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 nearest of the 9 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.