Grand Central Parkway & North Shore Tower Driveway

Grand Central Parkway and North Shore Tower Driveway (west) meet at a three-way junction in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, North Shore Towers/Building Entrance, is 1,120 feet away for the QM6 and QM36. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat. About 90 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1955, almost all in houses of one or two. Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

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Grand Central Parkway & North Shore Tower Driveway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is North Shore Towers/Building Entrance, 1,120 feet away, for the QM6 and QM36.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. North Shore Towers/Building Entrance QM6, QM36
    1,120 feet
    QM6 QM36

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM6 …
  2. QM36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Grand Central Parkway & Grand Central, 450 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    1.3 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile

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
11005
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
23
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
Elevation
230 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 30 mph

Homes

About 90 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 in 1955.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

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 three nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

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