Northern Boulevard & 40th Road

Northern Boulevard and 40th Road meet at a three-way junction in Sunnyside Yards (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bank of the Manhattan Company Building stands 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Queens Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
21 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queens Plaza
620 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F, R
Nearest bus stop
390 feet
31 St/40 Av · Q108
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 40th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queens Plaza, 620 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    620 feet
    E F R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. R …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    790 feet
    N W
  2. 36 St M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Look Up, Not Down” (2005) by Ellen Harvey at the Queens Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 31 St/40 Av, 390 feet away, for the Q108.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 St/40 Av Q108
    390 feet
    Q108

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q108 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 40th Road and Northern Boulevard.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Northern Blvd 35 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 21 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside Yards (North)
Elevation
21 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2015 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 307 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Ten 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
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 40th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

South side of 40th Road

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 9 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1925 and 1927.

  1. Bank of the Manhattan Company Building Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of American Studies School
    740 feet
  2. Atlas School
    740 feet
  3. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Training Institute Qbi Trade or language school
    1,210 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and four food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 40th Road or Northern Boulevard.

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