Hillside Avenue & 257th Street

Hillside Avenue and 257th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/258 St, is 180 feet away for the Q43, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Hillside Avenue & 257th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/258 St, 180 feet away, for the Q43.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/258 St Q43
    180 feet
    Q43

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2021
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2026

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11004
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
98 feet above sea level

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 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 5PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-5PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 435450.

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet and a listed public place within a five-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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