Douglaston-Little Neck

Neighborhood · Queens

Douglaston-Little Neck lies in northeastern Queens on Little Neck Bay, bordering Great Neck in Nassau County, with Bayside and Alley Pond Park to the west.

  • 2.44 square miles
  • 25,262 residents, 2020 Census
  • 428 street corners
  • 6 bus routes

George Douglas bought 240 acres here in 1835, along with the Van Zandt mansion, and railroad stations opened in both communities in 1866. In the early 20th century, 175 acres of the Douglas family's holdings became Douglas Manor, a planned community designated the Douglaston Historic District in 1997. Little Neck lent its name to the littleneck clam, after small hard clams from the bay appeared on the menus of New York's top restaurants from the 1860s through the 1890s.

Sources: Douglaston–Little Neck (Wikipedia); The Names of the Neighborhoods of Queens, Part 2 (Forgotten New York).

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Douglaston-Little Neck borders three areas, and Douglaston Parkway holds more of its corners than any other street, 36 of 428.

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  • A neighboring area
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on six routes stop in or at the edge of Douglaston-Little Neck.

  • 3 local bus routes
  • 3 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Q12
  • Q30
  • Q36

Express bus routes

  • QM5
  • QM8
  • QM35

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged fewer police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 616 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 1.4 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 239 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 20 of its corners

Accessible pedestrian signals
11
Leading pedestrian intervals
10
Turn calming
4
Safety Improvement Projects
2
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 8,787 red-light camera tickets at two corners
  • 67,208 school-zone speed camera tickets at 14 corners
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most red-light tickets
Northern Boulevard & Douglaston Parkway, 5,892
Most speed tickets
Northern Boulevard & Alameda Avenue, 22,192

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 25,262 residents in Douglaston-Little Neck, about 10,400 per square mile.

  • 10,360 homes, 2020 Census
  • 274 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 5,117 residential lots hold buildings from 1950 or earlier, and 33% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks and landmarks

Parkland
79.4 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Udalls Park Preserve (36.3 acres), Alley Pond Park (34.9 acres) and Louis Pasteur Park (3.1 acres)
Historic districts
Douglaston Hill Amendment and Douglaston, wholly or partly within Douglaston-Little Neck

Streets and trees

Trees
7,719 in NYC Parks' records, most often pin oak, London planetree and Japanese flowering cherry
Street with the most corners
Douglaston Parkway, with 36 of the area's 428
Height above sea level
From 6 feet at 233rd Street & 39th Road to 236 feet at 60th Avenue & 256th Street
Honorary street names
2 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists nine schools and two libraries in Douglaston-Little Neck.

Public schools
7
Charter and private schools
2
Libraries
Douglaston/Little Neck Library and North Hills Library

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 224 major felonies at places in Douglaston-Little Neck.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Douglaston-Little Neck

  • 211 major felonies in 2024
  • 373 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Douglaston-Little Neck, the NYPD recorded another five major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 9.1 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Douglaston-Little Neck.

Police precinct
111th
Major felonies recorded at places in Douglaston-Little Neck, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 74 major felonies at places in Douglaston-Little Neck, against 99 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.