Francis Lewis Boulevard & 231st Street
Francis Lewis Boulevard and 231st Street meet at a three-way junction in Cambria Heights, Queens, at the edge of Montefiore Cemetery. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 176 Cambria Heights is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 120 Av/231 St, is 780 feet away for the Q84, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, six of them religious buildings.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 120 Av/231 St, 780 feet away, for the Q84.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 120 Av/231 St Q84780 feetQ84
Next buses at this stop
- Q84 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & Linden Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station1 mile
- 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11413
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 27 and 31 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 105 and 116 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Cambria Heights; the corner is on the edge of the Montefiore Cemetery area
- Elevation
- 39 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four 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 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Siberian elm.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 6 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 176 Cambria Heights School1,280 feet
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 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 121st Avenue 120 feet
- 232nd Street & 121st Avenue 260 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 125th Avenue 430 feet
- 233rd Street & 121st Avenue 520 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 229th Street 520 feet
- 120th Avenue & 231st Street 650 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 126th Avenue 680 feet
- 234th Street & 121st Avenue 780 feet
See every intersection along 231st Street or Francis Lewis Boulevard.