Bell Boulevard & 50th Avenue

Bell Boulevard and 50th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Colonial Church of Bayside is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 48 Av/Bell Blvd, is 740 feet away for the Q27 and Q31, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

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Bell Boulevard & 50th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 Av/Bell Blvd, 740 feet away, for the Q27 and Q31.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 Av/Bell Blvd Q27, Q31 · Shelter
    740 feet
    Q27 Q31
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q27 …
  2. Q31 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

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
71 feet above sea level

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 1935 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 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 (east side).

West side of Bell Boulevard

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 433673.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Outshine Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  2. Happy-I Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Colonial Church of Bayside House of worship
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and three food stores.

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 nearest of the 11 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.