Kneeland Avenue & Hillyer Street
Kneeland Avenue and Hillyer Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Grand Slope is 860 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Queens Blvd/Ireland St, is 1,240 feet away for the Q60, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them schools, and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ireland St, 1,240 feet away, for the Q60.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Blvd/Ireland St Q601,240 feetQ60
Next buses at this stop
- Q60 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Queens Blvd & Albion Ave 21 docks in all1,190 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.6 miles
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.1 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11373
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 4
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 110
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Elmhurst
- Elevation
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Hillyer Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of Hillyer Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of Kneeland Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 schools
- 1 park
Schools and child care
- Books & Rattles - Peek a Boo School840 feet
- I.S. 5 - the Walter Crowley Intermediate School1,150 feet
- Elm Community Charter School1,220 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Grand Slope Park860 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five food stores.
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
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- Kneeland Avenue & Ireland Street 290 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Gorsline Street 290 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Manilla Street 570 feet
- 51st Avenue & Hillyer Street 650 feet
- 51st Avenue & Ireland Street 730 feet
- 51st Avenue & Jacobus Street 800 feet
- 51st Avenue & Gorsline Street 930 feet
- Kneeland Avenue & Codwise Place 990 feet
See every intersection along Hillyer Street or Kneeland Avenue.