248th Street & 87th Drive
The three-way junction of 248th Street and 87th Drive is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. St Gregory the Great Catholic is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Jericho Tpke/250 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q36 and Q110, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jericho Tpke/250 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q36 and Q110.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jericho Tpke/250 St Q36, Q1100.3 milesQ36 Q110
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
- Q110 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2012.
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
- 94 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two 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 1925 and 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Our Little Angels Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K980 feet
- P.S. 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence School1,100 feet
- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K1,100 feet
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- St Gregory the Great Catholic School1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground1,190 feet
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 249th Street & 87th Drive 340 feet
- 87th Avenue & 248th Street 370 feet
- 250th Street & 87th Drive 550 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & 87th Drive 620 feet
- 87th Avenue & 247th Street 630 feet
- 87th Avenue & 249th Street 670 feet
- 249th Street & 88th Road 700 feet
- 87th Avenue & Commonwealth Boulevard 730 feet
See every intersection along 248th Street or 87th Drive.