249th Street & Hook Creek Boulevard

The three-way junction of 249th Street and Hook Creek Boulevard is in Rosedale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Christ Lutheran School is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, South Conduit Av/Hook Creek Blvd, is 410 feet away for the Q5, Q87 and Q89, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

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249th Street & Hook Creek Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is South Conduit Av/Hook Creek Blvd, 410 feet away, for the Q5, Q87 and Q89.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. South Conduit Av/Hook Creek Blvd Q5, Q87, Q89
    410 feet
    Q5 Q87 Q89

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q5 …
  2. Q87 …
  3. Q89 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 135th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 246-03 139th Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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
11422
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
31
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rosedale
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 249th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 249th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hook Creek Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Christ Lutheran School
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two food stores.

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 11 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.