Northern Boulevard & 251st Street

Northern Boulevard and 251st Street meet at a three-way junction in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Community Church of Little Neck is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy, is 290 feet away for the Q12, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy · Q12
Within a walk
10 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 251st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy, 290 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy Q12
    290 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11362
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

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

West side of 251st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY US POSTAL SERVICE
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443996 and 444335.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool · Pre-K
    10 feet
  2. Kiddie Academy of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  3. Little Tulip Daycare Center of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. Immanuel New York Mission Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Leading Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Playground
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Douglaston/Little Neck Library
    470 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Little Neck House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Little Neck Post Office
    130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    560 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    390 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 251st Street or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.