85th Avenue & 251st Street
The four-way crossing of 85th 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. P.S. 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/250 St, is 1,020 feet away for the Q43, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/250 St, 1,020 feet away, for the Q43.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/250 St Q431,020 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
Cycling
- 23 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, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.7 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 2026.
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
- 96 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 1940 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence School1,000 feet
- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K1,000 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground560 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Bellerose Library990 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 85th Avenue & 250th Street 260 feet
- 85th Avenue & 252nd Street 260 feet
- 85th Avenue & 249th Street 520 feet
- 85th Avenue & 253rd Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 251st Street 570 feet
- 253rd Street & 84th Drive 780 feet
- 85th Avenue & 248th Street 780 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 251st Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 251st Street or 85th Avenue.