Cross Island Parkway (NY 907F (unsigned reference route)) accidents in Hempstead, NY

What our records show

The Cross Island Parkway (NY 907F (unsigned reference route)) runs through Hempstead as one of the 11-mile primary parkways serving Nassau County, carrying roughly 120,000 vehicles per day. The posted speed limit is 50 mph (lower at interchanges and on bridge approaches). The route stretches from Whitestone Expressway / Throgs Neck Bridge approaches (Whitestone, Queens) to Southern State Parkway / Belt Parkway interchange (Valley Stream / North Woodmere line), with Hempstead sitting along that spine. Locally, drivers know it as Cross Island or Cross Island Pkwy or CIP or cross-island-pkwy or cross-island or NY 907F.

Our database has logged 3 incidents on Cross Island Parkway within Hempstead, including 1 moderate cases. No fatalities have been recorded in the incidents we track for this stretch. The most recent report we published involved Right-Lane Crash Blocks Southbound Cross Island Parkway in Nassau County on July 19, 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, Cross Island Parkway intersects with or runs parallel to several other high-volume routes — Hempstead Turnpike, Southern State Parkway, Meadowbrook Parkway — 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 Cross Island Parkway crashes are typically triaged to Nassau University Medical Center. Below you'll find every incident on this stretch we've covered, newest first.