Grand Central Parkway & 247th Street
Grand Central Parkway and 247th Street 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. Douglaston Golf Course is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1966, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av Q36, QM5, QM8, QM350.3 milesQ36 QM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station0.6 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.5 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 August 2017.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11362
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Douglaston-Little Neck
- Elevation
- 197 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1966.
Trees
NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 golf course
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Douglaston Golf Course1,270 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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Grand Central Parkway & 246th Street 270 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & Marathon Parkway 280 feet
- 247th Street & Cullman Avenue 360 feet
- 246th Street & Cullman Avenue 630 feet
- Marathon Parkway & Cullman Avenue 640 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 251st Street 660 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & Cullman Avenue 730 feet
- Commonwealth Boulevard & 246th Street 800 feet
See every intersection along 247th Street or Grand Central Parkway.