Braddock Avenue & 239th Street
Braddock Avenue and 239th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Breininger Park Playground is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Braddock Av/240 St, is 180 feet away for the Q1, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Braddock Av/240 St, 180 feet away, for the Q1.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Braddock Av/240 St Q1180 feetQ1
Next buses at this stop
- Q1 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 85th Avenue, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 240-06 Braddock Avenue Gas station400 feet
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 9 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, August 2024
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
- 88 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
Homes
About 600 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 1940.
Trees
NYC Parks records 113 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 239th Street
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
North side of Braddock Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 post office
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Jack Breininger Park70 feet
- Breininger Park Playground70 feet
Houses of worship
- Living Hope Christian Church House of worship430 feet
Community centers and public services
- Bellerose Post Office350 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 92nd Road & Gettysburg Street 610 feet
- 89th Avenue & 239th Street 630 feet
- 240th Street & Fairbury Avenue 690 feet
- Braddock Avenue & Gettysburg Street 700 feet
- 242nd Street & Braddock Avenue 780 feet
- Davenport Avenue & Gettysburg Street 870 feet
- 89th Avenue & 240th Street 890 feet
- 89th Avenue & 238th Street 890 feet
See every intersection along 239th Street or Braddock Avenue.