Northern Boulevard & 83rd Street

Northern Boulevard and 83rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 186 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. It is 700 feet to the 34th Avenue Plaza. The nearest bus stop, 83 St/Northern Blvd, is 40 feet away for the Q33, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 60 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
83 St/Northern Blvd · Q33
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 83rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 83 St/Northern Blvd, 40 feet away, for the Q33.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 83 St/Northern Blvd Q33
    40 feet
    Q33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q33 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.8 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 186 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,649th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 75 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 44 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
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and May 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 83rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 83rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 466142 and 468719.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet
  3. P.S. 212 School
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. I.S. 145 Joseph Pulitzer School
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marks Episcopal Church Landmark
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    370 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    330 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    900 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 12 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 83rd Street or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.