Hempstead Turnpike (NY 24) accidents in Hempstead, NY

What our records show

The Hempstead Turnpike (NY 24) runs through Hempstead as one of the 16-mile primary corridors serving Nassau County, carrying roughly 55,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 40 mph (lower in village business districts). The route stretches from Queens border / Elmont (Nassau County) to NY 110 / East Farmingdale (Suffolk County line), with Hempstead sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Hempstead Tpke or NY 24 or Route 24 or NY Route 24 or Hempstead Avenue.

Our database has logged 3 incidents on Hempstead Turnpike within Hempstead, including 1 critical, 2 moderate cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Car Crash Shuts All Westbound Lanes on Hempstead Turnpike Between Division Ave and Wolcott Rd in Levittown on June 10, 2026. On average, we've seen roughly 1.5 reported crashes per month on this stretch during the period covered by our archive.

Inside Hempstead, Hempstead Turnpike intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Southern State Parkway, Meadowbrook Parkway, LIE — so many crashes on this corridor originate at exits and interchanges rather than along open stretches. That pattern matches what we see in the incident reports below, which cluster around entry and exit ramps feeding those surface streets.

Town context matters because accidents here don't unfold in isolation. Hempstead is home to about 55,247 residents and falls under NCPD 5th Precinct. Serious injuries from Hempstead Turnpike crashes are typically triaged to Nassau University Medical Center. Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.