254th Street & Craft Avenue

The three-way junction of 254th Street and Craft Avenue is in Rosedale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sunrise Playground is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 253 St/149 Av, is 1,280 feet away for the Q86, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1967, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

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254th Street & Craft Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 253 St/149 Av, 1,280 feet away, for the Q86.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 253 St/149 Av Q86
    1,280 feet
    Q86

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q86 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Sunrise Highway & Belt Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 259-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1.4 miles

No 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 September 2014.

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
6 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 1960 and 1967.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hook Creek Park Nature area
    400 feet
  2. Sunrise Playground
    1,140 feet

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.