Hillside Avenue & Winchester Boulevard
Hillside Avenue and Winchester Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Bellerose, Queens. The corner is also named Robert and Mathew Turk Square by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Martin van Buren High School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Hillside Av/Winchester Blvd, is 80 feet away for the Q43 and QM68, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Hillside Av/Winchester Blvd, 80 feet away, for the Q43 and QM68.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Hillside Av/Winchester Blvd Q43, QM6880 feetQ43 QM68
Next buses at this stop
- Q43 …
- QM68 …
Cycling
- 2 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.
- 222-41 Braddock Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 15 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
- 2 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
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
- 100 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Robert and Mathew Turk Square, a co-naming enacted on February 17, 1947 (Local Law 15 of 1947).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.
Trees
NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Robert and Mathew Turk Square.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 31 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Hillside Avenue
- No standing 17 signs NO STANDING 9PM-5AM ALL DAYS
South side of Hillside Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 9PM-5AM ALL DAYS
East side of Winchester Boulevard
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of Winchester Boulevard
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Parsons Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K930 feet
- Psychotherapeutic Eval - Hillside School980 feet
- Business Technology Early College High School1,260 feet
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- Martin van Buren High School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Detective William T. Gunn Playground990 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.4 miles
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Hillside Avenue & 234th Street 190 feet
- Hillside Avenue & Musket Street 340 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 233rd Street 450 feet
- Hillside Avenue & Avenue A 520 feet
- 1st Street & Avenue A 610 feet
- Hillside Avenue & Range Street 640 feet
- Hillside Avenue & 232nd Street 720 feet
- 87th Avenue & 233rd Street 890 feet
See every intersection along Hillside Avenue or Winchester Boulevard.