81st Avenue & 269th Street

The three-way junction of 81st Avenue and 269th Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/268 St, is 0.5 miles away for the Q43, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

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81st Avenue & 269th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/268 St, 0.5 miles away, for the Q43.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/268 St Q43
    0.5 miles
    Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q43 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & 81st Avenue, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-40 Hewlett Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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
118 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

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, five of them within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.