Northern Boulevard & Douglaston Parkway

Northern Boulevard and Douglaston Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 5,892 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Zion Episcopal Church is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy, is 40 feet away for the Q12. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Northern Boulevard.

Safety record
7 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy · Q12
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & Douglaston Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy, 40 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Douglaston Pkwy Q12
    40 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Northern Boulevard.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    1 mile
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2022
  • Turn calming, August 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,892 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 26th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,216 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Eastbound on Northern Boulevard4,3801,540
Westbound on Northern Boulevard1,512676
Total5,8922,216

Every corner with red-light 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
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 40 mph

Homes

About 700 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 1976.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Douglaston Parkway

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

West side of Douglaston Parkway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 27 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400423, 443299 and 454720.

Landmarks and historic districts

Seven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Colonial, and built between 1891 and 1908.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Divine Wisdom Catholic Academy School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Alley Pond Park
    380 feet
  2. Catharine Turner Richardson Park
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Douglaston Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Zion Episcopal Church House of worship
    430 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 313/Ladder 164 Fire station
    1,150 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Douglaston Parkway or Northern Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.