85th Avenue & 252nd Street
The four-way crossing of 85th Avenue and 252nd 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 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, is 820 feet away for the Q36, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 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 Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, 820 feet away, for the Q36.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av Q36820 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
Cycling
- 14 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, 0.5 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 chargers0.8 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
- 95 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 67 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 School1,260 feet
- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground830 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Bellerose Library1,250 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 & 253rd Street 260 feet
- 85th Avenue & 251st Street 260 feet
- 85th Avenue & 250th Street 520 feet
- 253rd Street & 84th Drive 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 252nd Street 610 feet
- 253rd Street & 85th Road 670 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 85th Avenue 680 feet
- 85th Avenue & 249th Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 252nd Street or 85th Avenue.