87th Avenue & 261st Street
The four-way crossing of 87th Avenue and 261st Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. 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. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 63 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, 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, 1.1 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 chargers1.5 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 January 2018.
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
- 91 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 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 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 63 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 87th Avenue & 260th Street 260 feet
- 87th Avenue & 259th Street 520 feet
- 86th Avenue & 261st Street 680 feet
- 87th Avenue & 258th Street 780 feet
- 86th Avenue & 260th Street 930 feet
- 86th Avenue & 262nd Street 940 feet
- 87th Avenue & 257th Street 1,040 feet
- 86th Avenue & 259th Street 1,190 feet
See every intersection along 261st Street or 87th Avenue.