Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway

Northern Boulevard and Cross Island Parkway (Exit 31W) meet at a three-way junction in Alley Pond Park, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Alley Pond Park is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/223 St, is 580 feet away for the Q12. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and four places to eat. About 100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1965 and 1970, almost all in houses of one or two.

Map

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Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/223 St, 580 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/223 St Q12 · Shelter
    580 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 northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 220 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
    1 mile

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
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 40 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 100 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 1965 and 1970.

Trees

Four trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    430 feet
  2. Oakland Lake in Alley Pond Park Park feature
    1,150 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four 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: MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.