Merrick Boulevard & 227th Street

Merrick Boulevard and 227th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Laurelton, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Merrick Blvd/228 St, is 180 feet away for the Q5, Q86 and Q87, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Merrick Boulevard & 227th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Merrick Blvd/228 St, 180 feet away, for the Q5, Q86 and Q87.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …
  2. Q86 …
  3. Q87 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    580 feet
  2. 134-10 225th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    690 feet
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
30 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 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 6 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 3AM-6AM

South side of Merrick Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 3AM-6AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412410 and 414891.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Ceo Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  2. Middleton's Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    220 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 54 Ambulance station
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Laurelton Library
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Good Shepherd Lutheran Church House of worship
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. JCY Merrick Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,210 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 227th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.