Cross Island Parkway & Braddock Avenue

Cross Island Parkway and Braddock Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Breininger Park Playground is 1,130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Braddock Av/Cross Island Pkwy, is 140 feet away for the Q1, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

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Cross Island Parkway & Braddock Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Braddock Av/Cross Island Pkwy, 140 feet away, for the Q1.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Braddock Av/Cross Island Pkwy Q1
    140 feet
    Q1

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q1 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 239-15 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
86 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Braddock Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Braddock Avenue

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Cross Island Parkway

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jack Breininger Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Breininger Park Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Living Hope Christian Church House of worship
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    420 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two 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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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