83rd Avenue & 247th Street
The four-way crossing of 83rd Avenue and 247th 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 nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/248 St, is 850 feet away for the Q43, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 300 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 Hillside Av/248 St, 850 feet away, for the Q43.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/248 St Q43850 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 1,260 feet by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.6 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 May 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
- 101 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 between 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.
Within a walk
How places are listedFood stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.
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:
- 83rd Avenue & 246th Street 260 feet
- 83rd Avenue & 248th Street 260 feet
- 83rd Avenue & Commonwealth Boulevard 490 feet
- 249th Street & 83rd Avenue 520 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 247th Street 690 feet
- 82nd Avenue & 247th Street 770 feet
- 83rd Avenue & 250th Street 780 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 248th Street 940 feet
See every intersection along 247th Street or 83rd Avenue.