63rd Avenue & 251st Street
The four-way crossing of 63rd Avenue and 251st 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. Challenge Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av Q36, QM5, QM8, QM350.3 milesQ36 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
Cycling
- 6 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, 0.3 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 chargers870 feet
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.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 2 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2022.
What the city has done here
- Turn calming, December 2019
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
- 233 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 27 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 golf course
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. Q811 School630 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Challenge Playground50 feet
- Douglaston Golf Course870 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here 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:
- 63rd Avenue & 252nd Street 260 feet
- 63rd Avenue & Marathon Parkway 430 feet
- 251st Street & 61st Avenue 530 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & Marathon Parkway 620 feet
- 62nd Avenue & 63rd Avenue 720 feet
- 64th Avenue & Marathon Parkway 860 feet
- Marathon Parkway & 61st Avenue 970 feet
- 252nd Street & Cullman Avenue 980 feet
See every intersection along 251st Street or 63rd Avenue.