Hook Creek Boulevard & 255th Street
Hook Creek Boulevard and 255th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Rosedale, Queens. The corner is also named Dre’s Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Francis Lewis Blvd/256 St, is 900 feet away for the QM63, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Francis Lewis Blvd/256 St, 900 feet away, for the QM63.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Francis Lewis Blvd/256 St QM63900 feetQM63
Next buses at this stop
- QM63 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at 135th Avenue & Belt Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.
- 246-03 139th Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers0.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11422
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 31
- Police precinct
- 116
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Rosedale
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Dre’s Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the red maple.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Dre’s Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and April 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 255th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 255th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of Hook Creek Boulevard
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Hook Creek Boulevard
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedFood stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Hook Creek Boulevard & 139th Avenue 50 feet
- Hook Creek Boulevard & 256th Street 260 feet
- 254th Street & 139th Avenue 290 feet
- Hook Creek Boulevard & 257th Street 520 feet
- Hook Creek Boulevard & 253rd Street 530 feet
- 253rd Street & 139th Avenue 540 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 255th Street 670 feet
- Hook Creek Boulevard & Frankton Street 760 feet
See every intersection along 255th Street or Hook Creek Boulevard.