Northern Boulevard & 161st Street

Northern Boulevard and 161st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Station A Post Office is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Crocheron Av/163 St, is 520 feet away for the Q28, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 80 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
Crocheron Av/163 St · Q28
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 trade or language schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 161st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Crocheron Av/163 St, 520 feet away, for the Q28.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Crocheron Av/163 St Q28
    520 feet
    Q28

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q28 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 54 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 166-02 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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
72 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 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

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and April 2026, 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 161st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 161st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Crocheron Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Crocheron Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433908, 443389, 443707 and 443708.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. International Beauty Institute Trade or language school
    680 feet
  2. KCS Education and Development Instit Trade or language school
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Studley Triangle
    230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Andrew Avellino Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Station A Post Office
    920 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    960 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. New Age Market Supermarket
    220 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 80 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 161st Street, Crocheron Avenue 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.