Union Turnpike & 260th Street

Union Turnpike and 260th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. New Glen Oaks Nursing Home is 130 feet away, and Young Israel of New Hyde Park is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/260 St, is 80 feet away for the Q46, QM5, QM6 and three more. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Union Tpke/260 St · Q46, QM5, QM6, QM8 +2
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 1 library and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Turnpike & 260th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/260 St, 80 feet away, for the Q46, QM5, QM6, QM8 and two more.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/260 St Q46, QM5, QM6, QM8 +2
    80 feet
    Q46 QM5 QM6 QM8 QM35 QM36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q46 …
  2. QM5 …
  3. QM6 …
  4. QM8 …
  5. QM35 …
  6. QM36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-40 Hewlett Street Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11004
Community board
Queens Community Board 13
City Council district
23
Police precinct
105
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
Elevation
116 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1948 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 260th Street

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 260th Street

  • No standing 10 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 7 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Union Turnpike

  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 441388.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of the Snows Catholic School
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glen Oaks Oval Park
    1,140 feet
  2. Playground Eighty LXXX Playground
    1,150 feet

Health care

  1. New Glen Oaks Nursing Home Nursing home or hospice
    130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Glen Oaks Library
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Nations Church House of worship
    940 feet
  2. Young Israel of New Hyde Park House of worship
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glen Oaks Post Office
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    460 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,300 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Glen Oaks Shopping Center Shopping center
    120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 260th Street or Union Turnpike.

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