Northern Boulevard & 82nd Street

Northern Boulevard and 82nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 307/Ladder 154 firehouse is 110 feet away, and Travers Park is 1,280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/82 St, is 60 feet away for the Q63 and Q66. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them schools, and 53 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Northern Blvd/82 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
11 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 82nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/82 St, 60 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/82 St Q63, Q66 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Q63 Q66
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 82nd Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 85 St & Northern Blvd 22 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 76-19 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers and one fast charger
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2021 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Northern Boulevard (south side).

East side of 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 82nd Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 466619 and 468452.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Jackson Heights Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 22 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Romanesque, and built between 1913 and 1951.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 field
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    210 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    640 feet
  3. P.S. 212 School
    980 feet
Show all 5
  1. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    1,020 feet
  2. Garden School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rory Staunton Field
    1,190 feet
  2. Travers Park
    1,280 feet
  3. Travers Park Playground
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    70 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,160 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 53 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 82nd 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.