256th Street & 149th Road

The three-way junction of 256th Street and 149th Road is in Rosedale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 195 William Haberle is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 149 Av/257 St, is 610 feet away for the QM63, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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256th Street & 149th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 149 Av/257 St, 610 feet away, for the QM63.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 149 Av/257 St QM63
    610 feet
    QM63

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM63 …

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
    0.6 miles
  2. 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    1.2 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 April 2020.

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
8 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1960 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 195 William Haberle School
    750 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunrise Playground
    1,080 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 10 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.