Northern Boulevard & Van Wyck Expressway at 127th Place

Northern Boulevard, Van Wyck Expressway and 127th Place meet at a five-way junction in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Flushing Meadows Corona Park is 700 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Northern Blvd/126 Pl, is 660 feet away for the Q19 and Q66, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat.

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Northern Boulevard & Van Wyck Expressway at 127th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/126 Pl, 660 feet away, for the Q19 and Q66.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/126 Pl Q19, Q66
    660 feet
    Q19 Q66

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound at Marina Road, 1,070 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 127-42 Northern Boulevard Service Road South Gas station
    290 feet
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.8 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Northern Boulevard

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Flushing Meadows Corona Park
    700 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • Homes within 820 feet
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six 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.