Northern Boulevard & 85th Street

Northern Boulevard and 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. The corner is also named Calle Perú by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 52 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 307/Ladder 154 firehouse is 900 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/85 St, is 60 feet away for the Q63 and Q66, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
24 hurt
52 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Northern Blvd/85 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/85 St, 60 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/85 St Q63, Q66
    60 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. 85 St & Northern Blvd 22 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 52 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 24 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 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
77 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Calle Perú, a co-naming enacted on July 20, 2024 (Local Law 81 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1951.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Calle Perú.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2015 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 85th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 85th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 5 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 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-8:30AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 465464 and 468488.

Landmarks and historic districts

Six buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Edwardian, and mostly built between 1913 and 1920.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Children of America Educational Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Ninety Playground
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 34th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    380 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 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 85th 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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.