Francis Lewis Boulevard & 231st Street

Francis Lewis Boulevard and 231st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Laurelton, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 156 Laurelton is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Brookville Blvd/Francis Lewis Blvd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q86, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Francis Lewis Boulevard & 231st Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Brookville Blvd/Francis Lewis Blvd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q86.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Brookville Blvd/Francis Lewis Blvd Q86
    0.3 miles
    Q86

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q86 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 135th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.5 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11413
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Laurelton
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 156 Laurelton School
    1,190 feet
  2. Queens United Middle School
    1,190 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.4 miles

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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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