Northern Boulevard & 57th Street

Northern Boulevard and 57th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside is 810 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat. A bus lane runs along Northern Boulevard, all day. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Northern Boulevard & 57th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    880 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/60 St, 470 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/60 St Q63, Q66
    470 feet
    Q63 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2018

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)
Woodside
Elevation
35 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Sixteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2021 and March 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 57th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 57th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

North side of Northern Boulevard

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

South side of Northern Boulevard

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    810 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Tibetan Community Center
    850 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.