Northern Boulevard & 146th Street

Northern Boulevard and 146th Street meet at a three-way junction in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/146 St, is 70 feet away for the Q12, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them nursing homes or hospices, and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.1 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Northern Blvd/146 St · Q12
Within a walk
7 places
3 nursing homes or hospices, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 146th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/146 St, 70 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/146 St Q12
    70 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 15 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 147-10 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    550 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2019
  • Turn calming, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1988.

Since 2014 at least 31 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Northern Boulevard (south side).

East side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 146th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 436079, 441863 and 441866.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 nursing homes or hospices
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Preschool ' R ' US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Joy Daycare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    1,140 feet

Health care

  1. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,150 feet
  2. Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens Nursing home or hospice
    1,180 feet
  3. Long Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 146th Street or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.