Cherry Street & Hillcrest Avenue

Cherry Street and Hillcrest Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner lies inside the Douglaston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Community Church of Douglaston is 890 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat. About 180 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cherry Street & Hillcrest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    1.6 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 180 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 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 127 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1915 and 1949.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    890 feet
  2. P.S. 098 the Douglaston School
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Allen-Beville House Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Douglaston House of worship
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cherry Street or Hillcrest Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.