256th Street & Craft Avenue
The three-way junction of 256th Street and Craft Avenue is in Rosedale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, two school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Hook Creek Park is 1,220 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 149 Av/257 St, is 1,180 feet away for the QM63, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 149 Av/257 St, 1,180 feet away, for the QM63.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 149 Av/257 St QM631,180 feetQM63
Next buses at this stop
- QM63 …
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.
- 259-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo 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 August 2020.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 2 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,951st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
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 600 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 nature area
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hook Creek Park Nature area1,220 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Weller Lane & Craft Avenue 260 feet
- 257th Street & Craft Avenue 270 feet
- 255th Street & Craft Avenue 530 feet
- 258th Street & Craft Avenue 530 feet
- 256th Street & 149th Road 620 feet
- Weller Lane & 149th Drive 670 feet
- 259th Street & Craft Avenue 790 feet
- 254th Street & Craft Avenue 810 feet
See every intersection along 256th Street or Craft Avenue.