Northern Boulevard & 86th Street

Northern Boulevard and 86th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Playground Ninety is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/86 St, is 80 feet away for the Q63 and Q66, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 64 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Northern Boulevard, all day.

Safety record
25 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Northern Blvd/86 St · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
6 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 86th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/86 St, 80 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/86 St Q63, Q66
    80 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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 85 St & Northern Blvd 22 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
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 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

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 September 2020 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 86th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 86th Street

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

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404878 and 468488.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Children of America Educational Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  3. Semillitas Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Ninety Playground
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights House of worship
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 307/Ladder 154 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 64 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 86th 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.