81st Avenue & 252nd Street
The four-way crossing of 81st Avenue and 252nd Street is in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,257 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The artillery “Stein-Goldie Veterans Square” is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/252 St, is 890 feet away for the Q46, Q48, QM6 and QM36, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/252 St, 890 feet away, for the Q46, Q48, QM6 and QM36.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/252 St Q46, Q48, QM6, QM36890 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 September 2022.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,257 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 639th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 642 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Eastbound on 81st Avenue | 992 | 524 |
| Westbound on 81st Avenue | 265 | 118 |
| Total | 1,257 | 642 |
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
- 99 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 51 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, 1943730 feet
Within a walk
How places are listedPharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Shopping centers
- Glen Oaks Shopping Center Shopping center0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two food stores.
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 81st Avenue & 251st Street 260 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 81st Avenue 330 feet
- 81st Avenue & 250th Street 520 feet
- 81st Avenue & 254th Street 550 feet
- 82nd Avenue & 252nd Street 680 feet
- 252nd Street & 80th Avenue 700 feet
- 249th Street & 81st Avenue 780 feet
- 81st Avenue & 255th Street 810 feet
See every intersection along 252nd Street or 81st Avenue.