Northern Boulevard & 160th Street

Northern Boulevard and 160th Street meet at a three-way junction in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Studley Triangle is 510 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/159 St, is 260 feet away for the Q12 and Q28, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 76 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 160th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/159 St, 260 feet away, for the Q12 and Q28.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …
  2. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 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. 166-02 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2023

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 600 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 10pm on Northern Boulevard (south side).

East side of 160th Street

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

West side of 160th Street

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

North side of Northern Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433908, 450174, 450175 and 458184.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. KCS Education and Development Instit Trade or language school
    660 feet
  2. International Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    950 feet
  3. St Andrew Avellino Catholic Academy School
    1,180 feet
Show all 4
  1. Saint Andrew Avellino School School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Studley Triangle
    510 feet
  2. Leonard Square
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrew Avellino Church House of worship
    680 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Station A Post Office
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Age Market Supermarket
    50 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Hanyang Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and eight 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 160th 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.