253rd Street & 85th Road
The three-way junction of 253rd Street and 85th Road is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, is 810 feet away for the Q36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, 810 feet away, for the Q36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av Q36810 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.
- 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.9 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 November 2016.
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
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1935 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Not Green Leaf' Norway maple.
Within a walk
How places are listedFood stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 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 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 of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 86th Avenue & 253rd Street 240 feet
- 85th Avenue & 253rd Street 410 feet
- 86th Avenue & 252nd Street 510 feet
- 86th Avenue & 254th Street 520 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & East Williston Avenue 630 feet
- 85th Avenue & 252nd Street 670 feet
- 253rd Street & 84th Drive 670 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 86th Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along 253rd Street or 85th Road.