63rd Avenue & 255th Street

The three-way junction of 63rd Avenue and 255th 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 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av, is 530 feet away for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1952, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Map

Layers
63rd Avenue & 255th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av, 530 feet away, for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av Q36, QM5, QM8, QM35
    530 feet
    Q36 QM5 QM8 QM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …
  2. QM5 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM35 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 1,140 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 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 June 2024.

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
228 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 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Challenge Playground
    1,090 feet

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, six of them 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.