Grand Central Parkway & 262nd Street
Grand Central Parkway and 262nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av, is 730 feet away for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35. About 110 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pine.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av, 730 feet away, for the Q36, QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av Q36, QM5, QM8, QM35730 feetQ36 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, 0.4 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 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 May 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
- 235 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 110 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 1945 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pine.
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
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 262nd Street & 60th Road 300 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 62nd Avenue 550 feet
- 60th Avenue & 262nd Street 560 feet
- Little Neck Parkway & 61st Avenue 660 feet
- Grand Central Parkway & 264th Street 730 feet
- 59th Avenue & 262nd Street 820 feet
- 264th Street & 60th Road 970 feet
- 59th Avenue & 260th Street 1,130 feet
See every intersection along 262nd Street, 61st Avenue or Grand Central Parkway.