Thornhill Avenue & 251st Place

Thornhill Avenue and 251st Place meet at a three-way junction in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/252 St, is 840 feet away for the Q30, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
840 feet
Horace Harding Expwy/252 St · Q30
Within a walk
1 place
1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thornhill Avenue & 251st Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/252 St, 840 feet away, for the Q30.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/252 St Q30
    840 feet
    Q30

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11362
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
202 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • 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:

See every intersection along 251st Place or Thornhill Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.