Northern Boulevard & Browvale Lane

Northern Boulevard and Browvale Lane meet at a three-way junction in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 9,551 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Pembroke/Van Nostrand Court Garden is 950 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Browvale LN, is 120 feet away for the Q12, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Northern Blvd/Browvale LN · Q12
Within a walk
12 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & Browvale Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Browvale LN, 120 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Browvale LN Q12
    120 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 9,551 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 64th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 4,356 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11362
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1960.

Trees

Eleven trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the red maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2018 and February 2026, 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 Browvale Lane

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Browvale Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 432950, 432951 and 444335.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddie Academy of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool · Pre-K
    380 feet
  3. Immanuel New York Mission Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    470 feet
Show all 5
  1. Leading Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  2. Little Tulip Daycare Center of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pembroke/Van Nostrand Court Garden
    950 feet
  2. Admiral Playground
    990 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Douglaston/Little Neck Library
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Community Church of Little Neck House of worship
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Little Neck Post Office
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    420 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and four 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Browvale Lane or Northern Boulevard.

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