What Happened
A minor crash on eastbound I-495 in Queens County blocked the right lane Sunday, September 13, 2026. No specific time of the incident was included in the initial incident record, and no responding agency has issued a press release as of publication.
The lane impact was limited to the right lane of the eastbound carriageway. No fatalities, serious injuries, vehicle types, or cause of collision were included in the available incident data.
Location & Road Context
I-495, the Long Island Expressway, runs the length of Long Island from the Queens-Midtown Tunnel approach through Riverhead. The Queens stretch carries some of the corridor’s highest sustained traffic volumes, with limited shoulder space and frequent merge conflicts near the Nassau County line.
According to Long Island Traffic’s incident registry, this crash is one of 96 recorded incidents on I-495 in the past 30 days and one of 467 recorded on the corridor so far in 2026. The most recent prior fatal crash on I-495 was recorded August 26, 2026. Queens County has 343 recorded accidents in the local incident database.
Broader Impact
Sunday also produced a major incident on the I-495 HOV lane elsewhere on the corridor, compounding eastbound congestion through Queens on the same afternoon.