43rd Avenue & 249th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 249th Street is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Douglaston/Little Neck Library is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/Marathon Pkwy, is 750 feet away for the Q36, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 17 places to eat.

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43rd Avenue & 249th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/Marathon Pkwy, 750 feet away, for the Q36.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Little Neck Pkwy/Marathon Pkwy Q36
    750 feet
    Q36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

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 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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
77 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 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 094 David D. Porter School
    970 feet
  2. Little Tulip Daycare Center of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet
  3. Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool · Pre-K
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Playground
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Douglaston/Little Neck Library
    580 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Little Neck Post Office
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.