Northern Boulevard & 34th Avenue

Northern Boulevard and 34th Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 70 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 2,187 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, three of them parks, and 25 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
61 hurt
70 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St
950 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
48 St/Northern Blvd · Q104
Within a walk
4 places
3 parks and 1 garden, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 34th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 46 St M, R
    950 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Steinway St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R
  2. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 48 St/Northern Blvd, 80 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 48 St/Northern Blvd Q104
    80 feet
    Q104

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 34th Avenue and Northern Boulevard.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & 48 St 25 docks in all
    160 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    440 feet
  2. 45-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    940 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 70 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 60 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 9 of those hurt, on foot
  • 17 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2022
  • Turn calming, August 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,187 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 86th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,272 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Northern Boulevard1,227704
Eastbound on Northern Boulevard960568
Total2,1871,272

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 600 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 1928 and 1930.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 48th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 48th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 16 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 413052.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 1 garden

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dwyer Square
    240 feet
  2. Corporal Frank F. Fagan Sq. Park
    1,030 feet
  3. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,220 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodside Houses Park
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    70 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    1,090 feet
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    630 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 34th Avenue, 48th Street or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.