251st Street & 87th Drive
The three-way junction of 251st Street and 87th Drive is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/87 Dr, is 1,280 feet away for the Q36, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/87 Dr, 1,280 feet away, for the Q36.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/87 Dr Q361,280 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1 mile
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 December 2017.
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
- 89 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 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 252nd Street & 87th Drive 280 feet
- 250th Street & 87th Drive 280 feet
- 87th Road & 252nd Street 470 feet
- 249th Street & 87th Drive 500 feet
- 253rd Street & 87th Drive 580 feet
- 87th Avenue & 251st Street 670 feet
- 253rd Street & 87th Road 750 feet
- 248th Street & 87th Drive 830 feet
See every intersection along 251st Street or 87th Drive.