81st Avenue & 251st Street
The four-way crossing of 81st Avenue and 251st Street is in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The artillery “Stein-Goldie Veterans Square” is 770 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/252 St, is 1,130 feet away for the Q46, Q48, QM6 and QM36, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 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/252 St, 1,130 feet away, for the Q46, Q48, QM6 and QM36.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/252 St Q46, Q48, QM6, QM361,130 feetQ46 Q48 QM6 QM36
Next buses at this stop
- Q46 …
- Q48 …
- QM6 …
- QM36 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & 81st Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1 mile
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 December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11426
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Bellerose
- Elevation
- 100 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 between 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Stein-Goldie Veterans Square.
- Stein-Goldie Veterans Square Artillery, 1943770 feet
Within a walk
How places are listedPharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 miles
Shopping centers
- Glen Oaks Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 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
- 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:
- 81st Avenue & 252nd Street 260 feet
- 81st Avenue & 250th Street 260 feet
- 249th Street & 81st Avenue 520 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 81st Avenue 590 feet
- 82nd Avenue & 251st Street 680 feet
- 248th Street & 81st Avenue 780 feet
- 81st Avenue & 254th Street 810 feet
- 82nd Avenue & 252nd Street 940 feet
See every intersection along 251st Street or 81st Avenue.