38th Avenue & 255th Street

The three-way junction of 38th Avenue and 255th Street is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy, is 0.3 miles away for the Q36. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1975, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

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38th Avenue & 255th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy, 0.3 miles away, for the Q36.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy Q36
    0.3 miles
    Q36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 1955 and 1975.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

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:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYS Agriculture and Markets, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.