Underhill Avenue & 196th Place

Underhill Avenue and 196th Place meet at a three-way junction in Auburndale, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Heavenly Voice Presbyterian Church is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Peck Av, is 850 feet away for the Q30 and Q75, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them religious buildings. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Underhill Avenue & 196th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Peck Av, 850 feet away, for the Q30 and Q75.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/Peck Av Q30, Q75
    850 feet
    Q30 Q75

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. Q75 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Underhill Avenue at Long Island Expressway, 260 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 200-05 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
20
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Auburndale
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Hadar Bet Yaakov School
    940 feet
  2. Holy Martyrs Armenian Day School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Kissena Corridor Park
    150 feet
  2. Holy Cow Playground
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fresh Meadows Library
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Flushing Fresh Meadows Jewish Center House of worship
    830 feet
  2. Heavenly Voice Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Meadows Post Office
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Emporium Supermarket
    350 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Fresh Meadows Place Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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 10 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.