87th Avenue & 252nd Street
The four-way crossing of 87th Avenue and 252nd Street is in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, is 980 feet away for the Q36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, 980 feet away, for the Q36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av Q36980 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1 mile
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.
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 1925 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 87th Avenue & 251st Street 260 feet
- 87th Avenue & 253rd Street 280 feet
- 87th Avenue & 250th Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 252nd Street 520 feet
- 87th Avenue & 254th Street 560 feet
- 87th Road & 252nd Street 570 feet
- 87th Avenue & 249th Street 740 feet
- 252nd Street & 87th Drive 760 feet
See every intersection along 252nd Street or 87th Avenue.