What Happened
A minor crash blocked the right lane of eastbound I-495 in Queens County on Tuesday, August 18, 2026. No specific time, cross-street, or mile marker was included in the official incident record. The lane impact was limited to the right lane; through lanes were not reported as affected.
No injuries, vehicle descriptions, or names were released in available records. The severity classification — minor — came from the official incident data filed with Long Island Traffic’s registry.
Location & Road Context
I-495, the Long Island Expressway, runs east-west through Queens before crossing into Nassau County. The Queens stretch carries some of the corridor’s heaviest daily volumes, with merge points near the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway interchange adding regular congestion.
According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, I-495 has logged 109 recorded incidents in the past 30 days and 386 so far in 2026 — this crash among them. The most recent prior fatal crash on the corridor occurred on August 11, 2026. Two additional I-495 incidents were recorded the same day: a minor crash and a moderate crash on the I-495 Lower Level.