West Drive & Knollwood Avenue

West Drive and Knollwood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner lies inside the Douglaston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. About 130 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1952, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
About 130 homes
within 820 feet of this corner

Map

Layers
West Drive & Knollwood Avenue 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, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    2 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    2.3 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 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
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 130 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 1923 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Knollwood Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

South side of Knollwood Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 10PM-6AM ALL DAYS

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 185 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1920 and 1942.

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 listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Knollwood Avenue or West Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC DOT, NYPD, Landmarks Preservation Commission and NYC Parks, retrieved September 19 – October 6, 2026.