87th Avenue & 256th Street
The three-way junction of 87th Avenue and 256th Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, is 350 feet away for the Q36, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av, 350 feet away, for the Q36.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/87 Av Q36350 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers1.2 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 January 2024.
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
- 83 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Little Neck Parkway & 87th Avenue 280 feet
- 87th Avenue & 257th Street 350 feet
- 256th Street & 87th Terrace 530 feet
- 86th Avenue & 256th Street 580 feet
- 87th Avenue & 254th Street 600 feet
- 87th Avenue & 258th Street 600 feet
- 256th Street & 87th Road 770 feet
- 86th Avenue & 257th Street 850 feet
See every intersection along 256th Street or 87th Avenue.