Just past the railroad, the route makes a slight turn to the northeast for 0.25 miles (0.40 km) before curving back to the east and continuing across open farmland.

As NY 488 crosses the town of Hopewell, it serves a handful of isolated homes and intersects several north–south highways of local importance, including County Road 47 (CR 47).

The route continues eastward into the town of Phelps, where it serves a pair of large farms on its way to the small hamlet of Orleans,[3] located on both the western bank of Flint Creek and the right-of-way of the now-defunct Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR).

NY 488, meanwhile, bypasses most of the community to the northwest as it makes a gradual turn to the north to follow Flint Creek[3] and the old PRR right-of-way[4] toward the village of Phelps.

While CR 43 heads north toward Clifton Springs, NY 488 turns to the northeast, following the creek and the old rail bed past the large reservoir serving the village of Newark.