Hillside Avenue & 239th Street
Hillside Avenue and 239th Street meet at a three-way junction in Bellerose, Queens. The corner is also named 5th Bombardment Squadron Memorial Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Cross Island YMCA is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/240 St, is 90 feet away for the Q43, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/240 St, 90 feet away, for the Q43.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/240 St Q4390 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 85th Avenue, 910 feet by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station440 feet
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers600 feet
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
This corner is also named 5th Bombardment Squadron Memorial Way, a co-naming enacted on January 17, 2021 (Local Law 14 of 2021).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on 5th Bombardment Squadron Memorial Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 17 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Hillside Avenue
- No standing 17 signs NO STANDING 9PM-5AM ALL DAYS
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 recreation center
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K500 feet
- Interdisciplinary Cntr -Cross Island School570 feet
Community centers and public services
- Cross Island YMCA Recreation center540 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Hillside Avenue & 240th Street 100 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 241st Street 160 feet
- 85th Avenue & 241st Street 350 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 242nd Street 430 feet
- 86th Avenue & 239th Street 520 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 84th Road 570 feet
- 241st Street & 85th Road 600 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 243rd Street 690 feet
See every intersection along 239th Street or Hillside Avenue.