Hillside Avenue & Avenue A

Hillside Avenue and Avenue A meet at a three-way junction in Bellerose, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Detective William T. Gunn Playground is 470 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/Winchester Blvd, is 450 feet away for the Q43 and QM68, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Hillside Avenue & Avenue A Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/Winchester Blvd, 450 feet away, for the Q43 and QM68.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hillside Av/Winchester Blvd Q43, QM68 · Shelter
    450 feet
    Q43 QM68
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q43 …
  2. QM68 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 85th Avenue, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 241-15 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles

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
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 four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the white ash.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 018 Winchester School
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Detective William T. Gunn Playground
    470 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 signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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