Merrick Boulevard & 226th Street

Merrick Boulevard and 226th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Laurelton Library is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/228 St, is 450 feet away for the Q5, Q86 and Q87, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Belt Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Merrick Blvd/228 St · Q5, Q86, Q87
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Merrick Boulevard & 226th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/228 St, 450 feet away, for the Q5, Q86 and Q87.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Merrick Blvd/228 St Q5, Q86, Q87
    450 feet
    Q5 Q86 Q87

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …
  2. Q86 …
  3. Q87 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at 133rd Avenue & Laurelton Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 228-20 Merrick Boulevard Gas station
    840 feet
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    430 feet
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 1930 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2024 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Merrick Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Merrick Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411716 and 415640.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 library
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Middleton's Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    50 feet
  2. Ceo Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  3. Merrick Academy - Queens Public Charter School
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 54 Ambulance station
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Laurelton Library
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. JCY Merrick Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 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 and 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 226th Street or Merrick Boulevard.

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.