Northern Boulevard & 55th Street

Northern Boulevard and 55th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Motion Picture Technical High School is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about a minute on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Northern Boulevard, all day.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
330 feet · 1 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
54 St/Northern Blvd · Q18
Within a walk
13 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    330 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. 46 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 54 St/Northern Blvd, 340 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 54 St/Northern Blvd Q18 · Shelter
    340 feet
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Northern Boulevard carries a bus lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 St & Northern Blvd 23 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 56-02 Broadway Gas station
    820 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    650 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
25
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1930 and 1965.

Trees

Seven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky coffeetree and the tree of heaven.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and October 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 55th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 55th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6:30AM-7AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Tech High School
    860 feet
  2. Motion Picture Technical High School
    860 feet
  3. Northwell School of Health Sciences School
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tibetan Community Center
    1,200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,120 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 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 nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Street 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.