85th Avenue & 253rd Street
The four-way crossing of 85th Avenue and 253rd Street is in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 217 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bellerose Playground is 1,090 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, is 560 feet away for the Q36, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, 560 feet away, for the Q36.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av Q36560 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
Cycling
- 6 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.
- 262-10 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 217 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,600th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 89 more were issued.
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
- 91 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground1,090 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 85th Avenue & 252nd Street 260 feet
- 253rd Street & 84th Drive 260 feet
- 253rd Street & 85th Road 410 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 85th Avenue 420 feet
- 85th Avenue & 251st Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 253rd Street 650 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & East Williston Avenue 700 feet
- 85th Avenue & 250th Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 253rd Street or 85th Avenue.