85th Avenue & 256th Street
The three-way junction of 85th Avenue and 256th Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 191 Mayflower is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, is 470 feet away for the Q36, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and five places to eat. About 400 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 Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av, 470 feet away, for the Q36.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/85 Av Q36470 feetQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
Cycling
- 2 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11001
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
- Elevation
- 89 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 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
Schools and child care
- P.S. 191 Mayflower School960 feet
- P.S. Q993 School960 feet
Bank branches
- Capital One Bank branch1,140 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 256th Street & East Williston Avenue 190 feet
- 256th Street & 84th Drive 250 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 85th Avenue 390 feet
- 257th Street & East Williston Avenue 460 feet
- 256th Street & 84th Road 500 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & East Williston Avenue 540 feet
- 86th Avenue & 256th Street 680 feet
- 258th Street & East Williston Avenue 730 feet
See every intersection along 256th Street or 85th Avenue.