Northern Boulevard & 215th Street

Northern Boulevard and 215th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 210 feet to the 111th Precinct. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd, is 230 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 38 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd · Q12
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 215th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Bell Blvd, 230 feet away, for the Q12.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,270 feet
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 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.

  • 1 person 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, September 2025

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
62 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 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1970.

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
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 215th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 215th Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 458688.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Tudor Revival. They were built between 1930 and 1931.

  1. Hawthorne Court Apartments Designated landmark
    720 feet

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
    150 feet
  2. Immanuel Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bayside Library
    340 feet

Fire and police

  1. 111th Precinct Police station
    210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    510 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 215th Street or Northern Boulevard.

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