Northern Boulevard & 62nd Street

Northern Boulevard and 62nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 152 Gwendoline N. Alleyne School is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. A bus lane runs along Northern Boulevard, all day.

Safety record
10 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Northern Blvd/60 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    0.4 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, 570 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/60 St Q63, Q66
    570 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 470 feet by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
31 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1970.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Forest Pansy' eastern redbud and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and December 2023; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of 62nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6:30AM-7AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 6:30AM-7AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 152 Gwendoline N. Alleyne School
    390 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 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 62nd 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.