Northern Boulevard & Bowne Street

Northern Boulevard and Bowne Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 43 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing High School is 440 feet away, and Queens High School for Language Studies is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, four of them schools, and 28 places to eat. About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
31 hurt
43 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Bowne St/37 Av · Q12
Within a walk
21 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & Bowne Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy World” (1999) by Ik-Joong Kang at the Flushing-Main St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bowne St/37 Av, 460 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bowne St/37 Av Q12
    460 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    750 feet
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 43 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 31 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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
  • Turn calming, April 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
51 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Northern Boulevard (north side).

East side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Bowne Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 433641, 442437 and 452199.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet are three Individual Landmarks, and four buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1661 and 1915.

  1. Kingsland Homestead Designated landmark
    570 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 nursing homes or hospices
  • 8 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Men's Christian Association of Greater New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    350 feet
  2. Flushing High School Landmark · listed historic place
    440 feet
  3. Queens High School for Language Studies School
    440 feet
Show all 8
  1. Veritas Academy School
    440 feet
  2. Ace Beauty Academy Trade or language school
    940 feet
  3. Children's House Montessori Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet
  4. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,050 feet
  5. Queens Academy High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Margaret I. Carman Green - Weeping Beech Playground
    470 feet
  2. Flushing Greens Park
    740 feet
  3. Daniel Carter Beard Mall
    1,180 feet

Health care

  1. The Pavilion at Queens for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet
  2. Sapphire Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing of Central Queens Nursing home or hospice
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Weeping Beech Tree Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Bowne House Historic site · listed historic place
    650 feet
  3. Flushing Armory Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Theaters, arts and venues

  1. Flushing Town Hall Arts or cultural center · listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bowne Street Community Church House of worship
    1,190 feet

Fire and police

  1. 109th Precinct Police station
    1,110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. GW Supermarket Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and nine food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bowne Street or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.