86th Avenue & 249th Street
The four-way crossing of 86th Avenue and 249th Street is in Bellerose, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bellerose Playground is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/250 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q43, and four 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. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/250 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q43.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/250 St Q430.3 milesQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
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 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 April 2026.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2023
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
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
- 97 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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 249th Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of 86th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
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 School320 feet
- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K320 feet
- Our Little Angels Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,230 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground540 feet
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 86th Avenue & 250th Street 260 feet
- 86th Avenue & 248th Street 270 feet
- 86th Avenue & 251st Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 247th Street 530 feet
- 87th Avenue & 249th Street 530 feet
- 85th Avenue & 249th Street 530 feet
- 87th Avenue & 250th Street 750 feet
- 86th Avenue & 252nd Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 249th Street or 86th Avenue.