60th Avenue & 246th Place
The four-way crossing of 60th Avenue and 246th Place 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. North Hills Library is 910 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy, is 1,160 feet away for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and seven places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1952 and 1953, 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, 1,160 feet away, for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy Q30, QM5, QM8, QM351,160 feetQ30 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station0.4 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,180 feet
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.
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
- 207 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1952 and 1953.
Trees
NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 60th Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- QSAC Preschool, ages 2 to 5310 feet
- Qsac, Inc. - Douglaston School420 feet
- P.S. 221 the North Hills School430 feet
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- P.S. Q811 School1,150 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Challenge Playground1,030 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- North Hills Library910 feet
Supermarkets
- Food Bazaar Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are seven 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 nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 60th Avenue & Marathon Parkway 320 feet
- 61st Avenue & 246th Place 410 feet
- 60th Avenue & 61st Avenue 580 feet
- 61st Avenue & 57th Drive 720 feet
- Marathon Parkway & 61st Avenue 720 feet
- 57th Avenue & Marathon Parkway 840 feet
- 60th Avenue & 251st Street 1,010 feet
- 57th Drive & 246th Crescent 1,090 feet
See every intersection along 246th Place or 60th Avenue.