Alderton Street & Boelsen Crescent

Alderton Street and Boelsen Crescent (south-east) meet at a three-way junction in Rego Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Woodhaven Blvd/66 Av, is 0.4 miles away for the Q11, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Alderton Street & Boelsen Crescent Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodhaven Blvd/66 Av, 0.4 miles away, for the Q11.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodhaven Blvd/66 Av Q11
    0.4 miles
    Q11

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Austin St & 63 Dr 16 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 64-01 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
30
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rego Park
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Alderton Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Alderton Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Baby Steps Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
  2. P.S. 174 William Sidney Mount School
    1,050 feet
  3. BSDC Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Painter's Playground
    590 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Vitelio's Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.