What Happened
A minor crash on eastbound I-495 in Queens County blocked the right lane on Thursday, September 17, 2026. No injuries were reported in the initial incident record. The right lane remained out of service while the scene was addressed; all other lanes on the eastbound side stayed open.
No additional details — vehicle types, number of vehicles involved, or a specific mile marker or exit — were confirmed in the source record available at time of filing.
Location & Road Context
I-495, the Long Island Expressway, runs east-west through Queens before continuing into Nassau and Suffolk counties. According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, the corridor has recorded 108 incidents in the past 30 days and 492 so far in 2026. The most recent prior fatal crash on the corridor occurred August 26, 2026; details are in this report.
Thursday’s blocked lane was one of at least three separate minor crashes logged on I-495 on September 17 alone — see also this earlier incident and a second one from the same date. Long Island Traffic’s Queens County database has 358 recorded accidents on file for the county.