Northern Boulevard & 157th Street

Northern Boulevard and 157th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/159 St, is 510 feet away for the Q12 and Q28, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, ten of them religious buildings, and 59 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Northern Blvd/159 St · Q12, Q28
Within a walk
17 places
10 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 157th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/159 St, 510 feet away, for the Q12 and Q28.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/159 St Q12, Q28 · Shelter
    510 feet
    Q12 Q28
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …
  2. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 152-06 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the maidenhair tree and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 157th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 157th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 459332.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 10 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy School
    530 feet
  2. Aa Plus Beauty School Trade or language school
    860 feet
  3. SY Seit Preschool
    860 feet
Show all 5
  1. KCS Education and Development Instit Trade or language school
    930 feet
  2. Saint Andrew Avellino School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leonard Square
    380 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McGoldrick Library
    560 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrew Avellino Church House of worship
    190 feet
  2. Immanuel Korean Lutheran Church House of worship
    930 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    100 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. New Age Market Supermarket
    870 feet
  3. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 59 places to eat and four 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 157th Street or Northern Boulevard.

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