257th Street & East Williston Avenue

The four-way crossing of 257th 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. 191 Mayflower is 500 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, is 790 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 six places to eat.

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257th Street & East Williston Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, 790 feet away, for the Q36.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av Q36
    790 feet
    Q36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles

Between 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 June 2021.

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
94 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 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 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 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of East Williston Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 191 Mayflower School
    500 feet
  2. P.S. Q993 School
    500 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two 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 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, NYC Health, FDIC and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.