Northern Boulevard & 220th Place

Northern Boulevard and 220th Place meet at a three-way junction in Bayside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Alley Pond Park is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/219 St, is 640 feet away for the Q12, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 12 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1961, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Northern Boulevard & 220th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/219 St, 640 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/219 St Q12 · Shelter
    640 feet
    Q12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 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, 850 feet by car along the streets.

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2021

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
64 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 1955 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    830 feet
  2. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    840 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat.

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:

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