255th Street & 61st Avenue
The four-way crossing of 255th Street and 61st Avenue is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Challenge Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av, is 470 feet away for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av, 470 feet away, for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av Q36, QM5, QM8, QM35470 feetQ36 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station0.6 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11362
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 233 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Challenge Playground1,090 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, three of them within a three-minute walk:
- Little Neck Parkway & 61st Avenue 480 feet
- 63rd Avenue & 255th Street 530 feet
- 60th Avenue & 255th Street 650 feet
- 60th Avenue & 256th Street 900 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 255th Street 910 feet
- 60th Avenue & 254th Street 910 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & Cullman Avenue at Grand Central Parkway 1,020 feet
- 251st Street & 61st Avenue 1,040 feet
See every intersection along 255th Street or 61st Avenue.