Northern Boulevard & 214th Place

Northern Boulevard and 214th Place meet at a three-way junction in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 216 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Bayside Library is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd, is 60 feet away for the Q12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

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Northern Boulevard & 214th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd, 60 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd Q12
    60 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 43rd Avenue, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 214-32 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2024
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

In 2025, 216 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,603rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 123 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11361
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bayside
Elevation
59 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Northern Boulevard (south side).

East side of 214th Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 214th Place

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 447714, 453441, 453442 and 458688.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. The Learning Experience Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. Immanuel Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bayside Library
    100 feet

Fire and police

  1. 111th Precinct Police station
    260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    250 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Walfood Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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