Northern Boulevard & 147th Street

Northern Boulevard and 147th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Shield Institute of Flushing is 1,170 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/147 St, is 120 feet away for the Q12, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Northern Blvd/147 St · Q12
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 147th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/147 St, 120 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/147 St Q12
    120 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, April 2021

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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 147th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 147th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-3PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 432180 and 449721.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 nursing home or hospice

Schools and child care

  1. Preschool ' R ' US Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  2. Shield Institute of Flushing School
    1,170 feet
  3. Learning Tree Multi-Cultural School
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Learning Tree Stem-Arts Pre-School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Long Island Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    940 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Conrad Voelcker House Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. First United Methodist Church Flushing House of worship
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    450 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    560 feet
  2. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and nine 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 147th 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.