Hillside Avenue & 250th Street
Hillside Avenue and 250th Street 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. In 2025, 5,353 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bellerose Library is 170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/250 St, is 40 feet away for the Q43, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/250 St, 40 feet away, for the Q43.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/250 St Q4340 feetQ43
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
Cycling
- 34 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Hillside Avenue, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 5,353 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 148th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 3,008 more were issued.
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
- 99 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 300 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American elm.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
- 2 active meters
- 1 pay-by-cell zone
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Hillside Avenue
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 407057.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Bellerose Playground1,050 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Bellerose Library170 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Hillside Avenue & 251st Street 260 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 249th Street 260 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 252nd Street 520 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 248th Street 520 feet
- 83rd Avenue & 250th Street 690 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 253rd Street 780 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 247th Street 780 feet
- 85th Avenue & 250th Street 780 feet
See every intersection along 250th Street or Hillside Avenue.