Browvale Lane & Hand Road
Browvale Lane and Hand Road meet at a three-way junction in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Community Church of Little Neck is 410 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Browvale LN, is 410 feet away for the Q12, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Browvale LN, 410 feet away, for the Q12.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Northern Blvd/Browvale LN Q12410 feetQ12
Next buses at this stop
- Q12 …
Cycling
- 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.6 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.3 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 September 2018.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11362
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 103 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1961.
Trees
NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
- 1 active meter
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Browvale Lane (east side).
West side of Browvale Lane
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
West side of Hand Road
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 432951.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwelve public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 day care or pre-K sites
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 garden
- 1 library
- 1 post office
Schools and child care
- Kiddie Academy of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K470 feet
- Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool · Pre-K730 feet
- Immanuel New York Mission Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K810 feet
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- Leading Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,000 feet
- Immanuel Genius Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,190 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pembroke/Van Nostrand Court Garden1,290 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Douglaston/Little Neck Library1,200 feet
Houses of worship
- Community Church of Little Neck House of worship410 feet
Community centers and public services
- Little Neck Post Office690 feet
Bank branches
- Flagstar Bank Bank branch420 feet
- Chase Bank branch760 feet
- Wells Fargo Bank branch1,300 feet
Supermarkets
- Jmart Supermarket1,120 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Northern Boulevard & Browvale Lane 340 feet
- Northern Boulevard & Jessie Court 450 feet
- Northern Boulevard & Cornell Lane 680 feet
- Browvale Lane & Iowa Road 680 feet
- Northern Boulevard & 251st Street 730 feet
- Northern Boulevard & Little Neck Parkway 760 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & Iowa Road 890 feet
- Northern Boulevard & Marathon Parkway 930 feet
See every intersection along Browvale Lane or Hand Road.