Union Turnpike & Little Neck Parkway

Union Turnpike and Little Neck Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Bellerose, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 251 firehouse is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Little Neck Pkwy/Union Tpke, is 70 feet away for the Q36, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

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Union Turnpike & Little Neck Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Little Neck Pkwy/Union Tpke, 70 feet away, for the Q36.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Little Neck Pkwy/Union Tpke Q36 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Q36
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & 81st Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 262-10 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 238-10 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, five Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, September 2022

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)
Bellerose
Elevation
102 feet above sea level

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 1948 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Little Neck Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Little Neck Parkway

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444382, 446656 and 455566.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Stein-Goldie Veterans Square.

  1. Stein-Goldie Veterans Square Artillery, 1943
    360 feet

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Glen Oaks Library
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glen Oaks Post Office
    1,100 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 251 Fire station
    550 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    660 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Glen Oaks Shopping Center Shopping center
    740 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and seven 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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