Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway

Northern Boulevard and Cross Island Parkway (Exit 31E, west) meet at a three-way junction in Alley Pond Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Alley Pond Park is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/223 St, is 440 feet away for the Q12. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1961 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Map

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Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/223 St, 440 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/223 St Q12 · Shelter
    440 feet
    Q12
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 280 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 218-01 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 47-14 217th Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19 and 23 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Alley Pond Park

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • A posted limit of 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1961 and 1965.

Trees

Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    570 feet
  2. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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