Hillside Avenue & 88th Avenue

Hillside Avenue and 88th Avenue meet at a three-way junction 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. Business Technology Early College High School is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/88 Av, is 170 feet away for the Q43, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools, and five places to eat.

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Hillside Avenue & 88th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/88 Av, 170 feet away, for the Q43.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/88 Av Q43 · Shelter
    170 feet
    Q43
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q43 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 219-24 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    750 feet

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11427
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
23
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bellerose
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Hillside Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 406266.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Psychotherapeutic Eval - Hillside School
    1,080 feet
  3. Business Technology Early College High School
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Martin van Buren High School
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    350 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and two 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 nearest corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:

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