West Drive & Melrose Lane

West Drive and Melrose Lane 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. Community Church of Douglaston is 1,260 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them listed historic places. About 160 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1956, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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
5 places
2 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Melrose Lane 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 September 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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 160 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and March 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Melrose Lane

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of West Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 131 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1910 and 1949.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Wyck, Cornelius, House Listed historic place
    350 feet
  2. Allen-Beville House Listed historic place
    620 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Douglaston House of worship
    1,260 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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along West Drive.

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