Northern Boulevard & 87th Street

Northern Boulevard and 87th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 148 Queens is 1,270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/86 St, is 340 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 54 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Northern Boulevard, all day.

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

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & 87th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/86 St, 340 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/86 St Q63, Q66
    340 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 85 St & Northern Blvd 22 docks in all
    580 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 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 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, April 2023

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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 87th Street

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

West side of 87th Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 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 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404878 and 466128.

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 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Children of America Educational Childcare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    330 feet
  2. Jackson Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Jackson Developmental Center E. Elmh Preschool
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 148 Queens School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Ninety Playground
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Tifereth Israel of Jackson Heights House of worship
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and nine 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 87th 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.