254th Street & Pembroke Avenue

The four-way crossing of 254th Street and Pembroke 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. Pembroke/Van Nostrand Court Garden is 120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Pembroke Av/Glenwood St, is 270 feet away for the Q12, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat.

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254th Street & Pembroke Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Pembroke Av/Glenwood St, 270 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Pembroke Av/Glenwood St Q12
    270 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 April 2023.

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 254th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 254th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Pembroke Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 454430 and 455789.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Immanuel New York Mission Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Leading Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. Kiddie Academy of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pembroke/Van Nostrand Court Garden
    120 feet
  2. Admiral Playground
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Little Neck House of worship
    450 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.