248th Street & Van Zandt Avenue

The four-way crossing of 248th Street and Van Zandt Avenue is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur is 820 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Marathon Pkwy/51 Av, is 1,040 feet away for the Q30, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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248th Street & Van Zandt Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Marathon Pkwy/51 Av, 1,040 feet away, for the Q30.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Marathon Pkwy/51 Av Q30
    1,040 feet
    Q30

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11362
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
105 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 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 1940 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Van Zandt Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Van Zandt Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 067 Louis Pasteur School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Louis Pasteur Park
    190 feet
  2. Louis Pasteur Park Playground
    400 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

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 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.