Little Neck, New York
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the borough of Queens. It lies in ZIP code area 11362. It stands on Alley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sea Cliff quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Little Neck
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Douglaston Hill Historic Districtlisted 2000 · 0.5 miles away
Allen-Beville Houselisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1897 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Oyster Bay quadrangle1:62500, 15 printings
- 1947 USGS Sea Cliff quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sea Cliff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Sea Cliff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1969 USGS New York quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Long Island West quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,373 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,373 fires within 5 miles of Little Neck between 2000 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 87 started naturally. 110 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 899 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 110 |
| Natural | 87 |
| Smoking | 82 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 59 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | NA |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.9 acres | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.3 acres | Fire Department of New York | N/A |
| 7 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Fire Department of New York | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Little Neck: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Shore Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Little Neck in 20 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 3 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | 3 hurt, $10,000 | Tree down on occupied car near Fort Totten. Three people trapped and injured. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | $100,000 | Numerous utility poles, street lamps, and trees were reported down in Northeastern Queens, with the worst damage in Little Neck and Douglaston. At least one chimney was collapsed, and trees fell on several vehicles, including a mini-van, totaling the vehicle, and destroying a double bass inside. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | $10,000 | Two large oak trees were reported down on a house and power lines along 216th Street in the Bayside section of Queens. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | $2,000 | Large tree limbs down with time estimated by radar. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | $1,000 | Tree reported down on 213th Street north of 32nd Avenue. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Little Neck | $1,000 | Lime size hail damaged a car in the Glen Oaks section of Queens. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | $1,000 | Tree down near the intersection of the Cross Island Parkway and the Long Island Expressway. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | $750 | Two southbound lanes of the Cross Island Parkway at Bayside Marina were blocked due to a large downed tree limb. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Video showing cars stranded in floodwaters on the Little Neck Parkway under the LIE overpass. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Road Closure due to flooding. |
| August 2024 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Flooding on the Cross Island Parkway Exit 33 Ramp to the Clearview Expressway with all lanes blocked. |
| July 2023 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Portion of the Cross island Parkway near Northern Blvd closed due to flooding. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Cross Island Parkway Ramp for northbound traffic closed due to flooding. |
| September 2022 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Cross Island Parkway closed due to flooding. |
| July 2019 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Several cars were stranded by high water on Bell Boulevard in Bay Terrace, Queens. |
| December 2018 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | The southbound lanes of the Cross Island Parkway were closed due to flooding at the exit for Northern Boulevard in Bayside, Queens. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Several cars were stranded in flood waters on the Cross Island Pkwy. near Bell Blvd. in Bayside. The FDNY responded to rescue people from their vehicles. |
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | The public reported Cross Island Parkway closed near Douglaston due to flash flooding. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Little Neck | - | Flash flooding resulted in a road closure at 188th Street along the Long Island Expressway. The Long Island Railroad Station in Bayside was flooded. The Cross Island Parkway flooded at the Throgs Neck Bridge. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Little Neck | - | A spotter reported that severe thunderstorm winds downed trees. |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Douglaston | 0.7 miles | 34 | |
| Parsons Beach | 1.0 miles | 43 | |
| Oakland Gardens | 1.6 miles | 43 | |
| Glen Oaks | 1.8 miles | 29 | |
| Surrey Estates | 2.0 miles | 29 | |
| Bayside | 2.1 miles | 43 | |
| Hollis Hills | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Queens Village | 2.4 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 955608. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












