255th Street & 149th Drive

The three-way junction of 255th Street and 149th Drive is in Rosedale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sunrise Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 253 St/149 Av, is 970 feet away for the Q86, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1967, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

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255th Street & 149th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 253 St/149 Av, 970 feet away, for the Q86.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 253 St/149 Av Q86
    970 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, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 259-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1.3 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 March 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
7 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 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 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 195 William Haberle School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunrise Playground
    830 feet
  2. Hook Creek Park Nature area
    950 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 of the 9 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.