Hillside Avenue & 232nd Street
Hillside Avenue and 232nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Martin van Buren High School is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/231 St, is 370 feet away for the Q43, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/231 St, 370 feet away, for the Q43.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/231 St Q43370 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 219-24 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers610 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 October 2024.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11427
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bellerose
- Elevation
- 95 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to six travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1951.
Trees
NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 232nd Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 8AM-4PM
South side of Hillside Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K210 feet
- Psychotherapeutic Eval - Hillside School270 feet
- Business Technology Early College High School550 feet
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- Martin van Buren High School550 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Hillside Avenue & 231st Street 260 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 233rd Street 260 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 234th Street 530 feet
- 232nd Street & 87th Avenue 710 feet
- Hillside Avenue & Winchester Boulevard 720 feet
- 232nd Street & Seward Avenue 740 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 229th Street 800 feet
- 231st Street & 87th Avenue 860 feet
See every intersection along 232nd Street or Hillside Avenue.