Northern Boulevard & 158th Street

Northern Boulevard and 158th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Andrew Avellino Church is 160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/159 St, is 240 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, nine of them religious buildings, and 53 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 158th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/159 St, 240 feet away, for the Q12 and Q28.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …
  2. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2014
  • Turn calming, May 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11358
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
73 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 158th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 158th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433910 and 442507.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy School
    630 feet
  2. KCS Education and Development Instit Trade or language school
    660 feet
  3. Saint Andrew Avellino School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    690 feet
Show all 5
  1. Aa Plus Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,130 feet
  2. SY Seit Preschool
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Leonard Square
    650 feet
  2. Studley Triangle
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McGoldrick Library
    840 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrew Avellino Church House of worship
    160 feet
  2. Immanuel Korean Lutheran Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Age Market Supermarket
    600 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    770 feet
  3. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and three 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 158th 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.