60th Avenue & 251st Street
The four-way crossing of 60th Avenue and 251st Street is in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Challenge Playground is 760 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy, is 0.3 miles away for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 900 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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy Q30, QM5, QM8, QM350.3 milesQ30 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station0.3 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,050 feet
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
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
Homes
About 900 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 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 221 the North Hills School910 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Challenge Playground760 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- North Hills Library1,280 feet
Pharmacies
- Duane Reade Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
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
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 58th Avenue & 251st Street 480 feet
- 60th Avenue & Marathon Parkway 690 feet
- 251st Street & 61st Avenue 720 feet
- 60th Avenue & 254th Street 780 feet
- 57th Avenue & 251st Street 780 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 251st Street 970 feet
- 60th Avenue & 246th Place 1,010 feet
- 58th Avenue & 253rd Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along 251st Street or 60th Avenue.