Northern Boulevard & Marathon Parkway

Northern Boulevard and Marathon Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner is also named Matinecock Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 22 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 2,895 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. Little Neck Post Office is 110 feet away, and P.S. 094 David D. Porter is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy, is 90 feet away for the Q12. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
22 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy · Q12
Within a walk
11 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & Marathon Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy, 90 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Marathon Pkwy Q12
    90 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 22 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, April 2021

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 2,895 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 68th most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 189 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Northern Boulevard2,895131
Eastbound on Northern Boulevard–58
Total2,895189

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
93 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Matinecock Way, a co-naming enacted on August 10, 2015 (Local Law 76 of 2015).

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

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Matinecock Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 38 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Marathon Parkway

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Marathon Parkway

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 8 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443996 and 452940.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Child Development Center Preschool · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. Little Tulip Daycare Center of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  3. Kiddie Academy of Little Neck Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
Show all 6
  1. Immanuel New York Mission Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  2. P.S. 094 David D. Porter School
    1,250 feet
  3. Leading Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Admiral Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Douglaston/Little Neck Library
    280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Little Neck Post Office
    110 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Jmart Supermarket
    200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and five 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Marathon Parkway 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 Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.