79th Avenue & 269th Street
The four-way crossing of 79th Avenue and 269th Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/268 St, is 1,160 feet away for the Q46, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/268 St, 1,160 feet away, for the Q46.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/268 St Q461,160 feetQ46
Next buses at this stop
- Q46 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 77-40 Hewlett Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.8 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 October 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11040
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
- Elevation
- 123 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the Norway maple.
Within a walk
How places are listedShopping centers
- Glen Oaks Shopping Center Shopping center0.5 miles
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 79th Avenue & 270th Street 260 feet
- 79th Avenue & 268th Street 260 feet
- 79th Avenue & Langdale Street 520 feet
- 79th Avenue & 267th Street 520 feet
- 78th Avenue & 269th Street 670 feet
- 80th Avenue & 269th Street 680 feet
- 79th Avenue & 266th Street 790 feet
- Langdale Street & 271st Street 850 feet
See every intersection along 269th Street or 79th Avenue.