86th Avenue & 256th Street
The four-way crossing of 86th 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 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, is 790 feet away for the Q36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 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/87 Av, 790 feet away, for the Q36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av Q36790 feetQ36
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, 0.8 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 chargers1.1 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 September 2019.
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
- 87 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 86th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
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 School1,060 feet
- P.S. Q993 School1,060 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 86th Avenue & 257th Street 260 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 86th Avenue 280 feet
- 256th Street & East Williston Avenue 490 feet
- 86th Avenue & 254th Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 258th Street 520 feet
- 87th Avenue & 256th Street 580 feet
- 85th Avenue & 256th Street 680 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & East Williston Avenue 690 feet
See every intersection along 256th Street or 86th Avenue.