248th Street & Memphis Avenue

The four-way crossing of 248th Street and Memphis Avenue is in Rosedale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Christ Lutheran School is 690 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 243 St/Memphis Av, is 710 feet away for the Q85 and Q86, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

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248th Street & Memphis Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 243 St/Memphis Av, 710 feet away, for the Q85 and Q86.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 243 St/Memphis Av Q85, Q86
    710 feet
    Q85 Q86

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q85 …
  2. Q86 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Sunrise Highway & Belt Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 246-03 139th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11422
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosedale
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Christ Lutheran School
    690 feet
  2. P.S./M.S. 138 Sunrise School
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Throop Memorial Presbyterian Church House of worship
    690 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and 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 12 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.