Northern Boulevard & 159th Street

Northern Boulevard and 159th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 615 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/159 St, is 70 feet away for the Q12 and Q28, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Northern Blvd/159 St · Q12, Q28
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 159th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/159 St, 70 feet away, for the Q12 and Q28.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/159 St Q12, Q28
    70 feet
    Q12 Q28

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …
  2. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 615 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,057th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 387 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1926 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 159th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 159th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Northern Boulevard

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

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433909, 433910, 442507 and 461074.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. KCS Education and Development Instit Trade or language school
    390 feet
  2. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy School
    900 feet
  3. Saint Andrew Avellino School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. International Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Studley Triangle
    780 feet
  2. Leonard Square
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. McGoldrick Library
    1,110 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrew Avellino Church House of worship
    410 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Age Market Supermarket
    330 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 72 places to eat and seven 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 159th Street or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.