57th Avenue & Marathon Parkway
The three-way junction of 57th Avenue and Marathon Parkway is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. North Hills Library is 180 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy, is 320 feet away for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy, 320 feet away, for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy Q30, QM5, QM8, QM35320 feetQ30 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
Cycling
- 15 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station310 feet
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2012
- Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11362
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 172 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 in 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the serviceberry.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Marathon Parkway (west side).
North side of 57th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 57th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Marathon Parkway
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 442817 and 444842.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
Schools and child care
- P.S. 221 the North Hills School480 feet
- QSAC Preschool, ages 2 to 51,140 feet
- Qsac, Inc. - Douglaston School1,260 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- North Hills Library180 feet
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy750 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and 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:
- Long Island Expressway & Marathon Parkway 390 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Marathon Parkway 510 feet
- 60th Avenue & Marathon Parkway 520 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 250th Street 770 feet
- 60th Avenue & 246th Place 840 feet
- Marathon Parkway & Thornhill Avenue 860 feet
- 57th Avenue & 251st Street 920 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Morenci Lane 1,020 feet
See every intersection along 57th Avenue or Marathon Parkway.