86th Avenue & 251st Street
The four-way crossing of 86th 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 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 400 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 Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av Q360.3 milesQ36
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
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 station0.7 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 October 2023.
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 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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence School840 feet
- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K840 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground1,050 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
- 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 86th Avenue & 250th Street 260 feet
- 86th Avenue & 252nd Street 260 feet
- 86th Avenue & 249th Street 520 feet
- 87th Avenue & 251st Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 253rd Street 540 feet
- 85th Avenue & 251st Street 570 feet
- 253rd Street & 85th Road 770 feet
- 86th Avenue & 248th Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 251st Street or 86th Avenue.