Northern Boulevard & 41st Avenue at Queens Plaza East

Northern Boulevard, 41st Avenue and Queens Plaza East meet at a five-way junction in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Academy of American Studies is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Queens Plaza, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 33 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
4 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queens Plaza
40 feet · 1 min on foot · E, F, R
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Northern Blvd/41 Av · Q101, Q102
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 41st Avenue at Queens Plaza East Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queens Plaza, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    40 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. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    1,140 feet
    7 N W
  2. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

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 Northern Blvd/41 Av, 100 feet away, for the Q101 and Q102.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/41 Av Q101, Q102
    100 feet
    Q101 Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …
  2. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 41st Avenue and Northern Boulevard.

  • 14 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
    1,090 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-10 Van Dam Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.4 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 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 2016 and 2019.

Since 2014 at least 288 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 41st Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 41st Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 7 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 11 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
    130 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Atlas School
    810 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
Show all 4
  1. Academy of American Studies School
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Patricks Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    710 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 41st Avenue, Northern Boulevard or Queens Plaza East.

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