87th Avenue & 247th Street
The three-way junction of 87th Avenue and 247th 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. St Gregory the Great Catholic is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/248 St, is 0.4 miles away for the Q43, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/248 St, 0.4 miles away, for the Q43.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/248 St Q430.4 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 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 May 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
- 93 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Our Little Angels Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K550 feet
- St Gregory the Great Catholic School900 feet
- P.S. 133 the Bellerose School of Excellence School980 feet
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- P.S. 133 Queens Pre-K980 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground1,080 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:
- 87th Avenue & 248th Street 260 feet
- 247th Street & 86th Road 260 feet
- 87th Avenue & Commonwealth Boulevard 400 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & 87th Drive 510 feet
- 86th Avenue & 247th Street 520 feet
- 87th Avenue & 249th Street 550 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & 86th Road 610 feet
- 248th Street & 87th Drive 630 feet
See every intersection along 247th Street or 87th Avenue.