Northern Boulevard & 61st Street

Northern Boulevard and 61st 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 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. A bus lane runs along Northern Boulevard, all day. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Northern Blvd/60 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/60 St, 310 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/60 St Q63, Q66
    310 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

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 St & Northern Blvd 27 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 720 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 68-22 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    530 feet
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    700 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2014
  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2020

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
36 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Forest Pansy' eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 61st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 61st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Northern Boulevard

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

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6:30AM-7AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 152 Gwendoline N. Alleyne School
    650 feet
  2. Woodside Friends at CLC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Academy of the City Charter School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sergeant Collins Triangle
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Christ Lutheran Church Woodside House of worship
    1,120 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 61st 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.