Bell Boulevard & 40th Avenue

Bell Boulevard and 40th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bayside, Queens. The corner is also named Frank Skala Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bayside Post Office is 710 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bell Blvd/39 Av, is 320 feet away for the Q13, Q27 and Q31, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 69 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
Bell Blvd/39 Av · Q13, Q27, Q31
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bell Boulevard & 40th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bell Blvd/39 Av, 320 feet away, for the Q13, Q27 and Q31.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bell Blvd/39 Av Q13, Q27, Q31
    320 feet
    Q13 Q27 Q31

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q13 …
  2. Q27 …
  3. Q31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 43rd Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 35-02 Bell Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 214-32 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    720 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 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 November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11361
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Frank Skala Way, a co-naming enacted on December 1, 2017 (Local Law 237 of 2017).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Frank Skala Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Bell Boulevard (west side).

North side of 40th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 40th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Bell Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 446055, 451179, 451180 and 452184.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built in 1873.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Little Explorers Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bayside All St Episcopal Church House of worship
    670 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Bayside Post Office
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 306 Fire station
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    350 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    350 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    360 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Walfood Supermarket Supermarket
    300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th Avenue or Bell Boulevard.

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