What Happened
Two right lanes of eastbound I-495 were blocked Friday, September 11, 2026, following a minor crash in Queens County. The lane impact was confirmed in the initial incident record. No additional details on the number of vehicles involved, the collision type, or the time of the lane closure were included in the report available at publication.
No injuries were described as serious. The crash was classified minor in the incident record.
Location & Road Context
I-495, the Long Island Expressway, is the primary east-west highway corridor connecting Queens to the Nassau and Suffolk County lines. The eastbound lanes in Queens carry heavy commuter and freight traffic daily, with congestion typical during morning and afternoon peak hours.
According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, I-495 has recorded 95 incidents in the past 30 days and 460 incidents so far in 2026, making it one of the most active crash corridors tracked on this site. Four additional minor crashes were recorded on I-495 on September 10 alone — see the Sep. 10 crash on I-495, a second Sep. 10 incident, a third, and a crash on the I-495 Lower Level the same day. The most recent prior fatal crash on the corridor was recorded August 26, 2026; details are at /accidents/2026/08/26/ex-long-island-lacrosse-star-medical-supplies-ceo-killed-in-hudson-valley-head-o/.
Queens County accounts for 335 recorded accidents in Long Island Traffic’s local incident database. For live conditions on this corridor, see the I-495 road page.