259th Street & Craft Avenue
The four-way crossing of 259th Street and Craft Avenue is in Rosedale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 149 Av/257 St, is 1,300 feet away for the QM63, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1960 and 1962, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 149 Av/257 St, 1,300 feet away, for the QM63.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 149 Av/257 St QM631,300 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 259-55 Francis Lewis Boulevard Gas station0.5 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 February 2015.
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
- 9 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1962.
Trees
NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 258th Street & Craft Avenue 260 feet
- 259th Street & 149th Road 440 feet
- 257th Street & Craft Avenue 530 feet
- 258th Street & 149th Road 690 feet
- 256th Street & Craft Avenue 790 feet
- 149th Avenue & 259th Street 820 feet
- 257th Street & 149th Road 950 feet
- Weller Lane & Craft Avenue 1,060 feet
See every intersection along 259th Street or Craft Avenue.