256th Street & East Williston Avenue
The four-way crossing of 256th Street and East Williston Avenue is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. Q993 is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, is 520 feet away for the Q36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, 520 feet away, for the Q36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av Q36520 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1 mile
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.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11001
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
- Elevation
- 91 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of East Williston Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of East Williston Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- P.S. 191 Mayflower School760 feet
- P.S. Q993 School760 feet
Bank branches
- Capital One Bank branch1,270 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 85th Avenue & 256th Street 190 feet
- 257th Street & East Williston Avenue 270 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & East Williston Avenue 350 feet
- 256th Street & 84th Drive 440 feet
- 86th Avenue & 256th Street 490 feet
- 258th Street & East Williston Avenue 530 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 85th Avenue 580 feet
- 256th Street & 84th Road 700 feet
See every intersection along 256th Street or East Williston Avenue.