Cross Island Parkway & 87th Avenue
Cross Island Parkway and 87th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 4,146 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Gregory the Great Catholic is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/Commonwealth Blvd, is 0.3 miles away for the Q43 and QM68, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/Commonwealth Blvd, 0.3 miles away, for the Q43 and QM68.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/Commonwealth Blvd Q43, QM680.3 milesQ43 QM68
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
- QM68 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.6 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 July 2024.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 4,146 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 202nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,393 more were issued.
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
- 93 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1945.
Trees
Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 87th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- St Gregory the Great Catholic School490 feet
- Our Little Angels Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,040 feet
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 87th Avenue & 246th Street 360 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 88th Road 500 feet
- 86th Road & 246th Street 610 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 88th Drive 750 feet
- 86th Avenue & 246th Street 860 feet
- 87th Avenue & Commonwealth Boulevard 870 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & 88th Avenue 920 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & 87th Drive 980 feet
See every intersection along 87th Avenue or Cross Island Parkway.