260th Street & Langston Avenue
The three-way junction of 260th Street and Langston Avenue is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glen Oaks Oval is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 260 St/Little Neck Pkwy, is 480 feet away for the Q48, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them playgrounds.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 260 St/Little Neck Pkwy, 480 feet away, for the Q48, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 260 St/Little Neck Pkwy Q48, QM5, QM8, QM35480 feetQ48 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q48 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station1.1 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11004
- 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
- 137 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1948 and 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 260th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 park
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Glen Oaks Oval Park1,060 feet
- Glen Oaks Oval Playground1,160 feet
- Castlewood Playground1,280 feet
Shopping centers
- Glen Oaks Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 261st Street & Langston Avenue 520 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 260th Street 530 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 260th Street 550 feet
- 71st Avenue & 252nd Street 810 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 255th Street 1,120 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 72nd Avenue 1,200 feet
- 252nd Street & 71st Road 1,260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & Langston Avenue 1,280 feet
See every intersection along 260th Street or Langston Avenue.