85th Avenue & 247th Street
The four-way crossing of 85th 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. Bellerose Playground is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/248 St, is 840 feet away for the Q43, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/248 St, 840 feet away, for the Q43.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/248 St Q43840 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 1,150 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 chargers0.5 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 January 2024.
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
- 93 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 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence School770 feet
- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K770 feet
- Our Little Angels Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,240 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground310 feet
Food 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 signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 85th Avenue & 246th Street 260 feet
- 85th Avenue & 248th Street 260 feet
- 247th Street & 85th Road 270 feet
- 85th Avenue & Commonwealth Boulevard 460 feet
- 85th Avenue & 249th Street 530 feet
- 86th Avenue & 247th Street 530 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 247th Street 670 feet
- 85th Road & 246th Street 710 feet
See every intersection along 247th Street or 85th Avenue.