241st Street & 85th Road

The three-way junction of 241st Street and 85th Road is 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. Cross Island YMCA is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/239 St, is 430 feet away for the Q43, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1936 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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241st Street & 85th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/239 St, 430 feet away, for the Q43.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/239 St Q43
    430 feet
    Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q43 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 85th Avenue, 810 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    590 feet
  2. 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1,200 feet

Between 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.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11426
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
23
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bellerose
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 1936 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. Interdisciplinary Cntr -Cross Island School
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Cross Island YMCA Recreation center
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.

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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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