Horace Harding Expressway & 231st Street

Horace Harding Expressway and 231st Street meet at a three-way junction in Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Alley Pond Park is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/231 St, is 80 feet away for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1978, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Horace Harding Expressway & 231st Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/231 St, 80 feet away, for the Q30, QM5, QM8 and QM35.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/231 St Q30, QM5, QM8, QM35
    80 feet
    Q30 QM5 QM8 QM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. QM5 …
  3. QM8 …
  4. QM35 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at West Alley Road & Cross Island Parkway, 1,170 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 219-02 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11364
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
23
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Oakland Gardens-Hollis Hills
Elevation
112 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1955 and 1978.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    490 feet

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners 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 and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.