Prospect Avenue & Cherry Street

Prospect Avenue and Cherry Street meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Douglaston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Community Church of Douglaston is 1,140 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Prospect Avenue & Cherry Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    1.7 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    2 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 December 2018.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane

Homes

About 160 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 1920 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 144 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1915 and 1939.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Aurora Pond in Udalls Park Preserve Park feature
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Douglaston House of worship
    1,140 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop 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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cherry Street or Prospect Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.