Belt Parkway & Merrick Boulevard

Belt Parkway and Merrick Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Rosedale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 038 Rosedale is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Laurelton Pkwy/Merrick Blvd, is 240 feet away for the Q5, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
1,290 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Laurelton Pkwy/Merrick Blvd · Q5
Within a walk
4 places
2 schools, 1 older adult center and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Belt Parkway & Merrick Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Laurelton Pkwy/Merrick Blvd, 240 feet away, for the Q5.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Laurelton Pkwy/Merrick Blvd Q5
    240 feet
    Q5

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 135th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1,290 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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
  • 1 person killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11422
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosedale

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. The Gordon Parks School
    810 feet
  2. P.S. 038 Rosedale School
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Luke Cathedral House of worship
    1,080 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 133-33 Brookville Boulevard Older adult center
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. JCY Merrick Food Supermarket
    430 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Belt Parkway or Merrick Boulevard.

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