Northern Boulevard & Woodside Avenue at 51st Street

Northern Boulevard, Woodside Avenue and 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside Yards (North), Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development. Between 2021 and 2025, 49 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Gotham Tech High School is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Northern Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Northern Boulevard.

Safety record
40 hurt
49 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Northern Blvd
920 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Northern Blvd/Woodside Av · Q63, Q66
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Northern Boulevard & Woodside Avenue at 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Northern Blvd, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Northern Blvd M, R
    920 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Northern Blvd/Woodside Av, 150 feet away, for the Q63 and Q66.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Northern Blvd/Woodside Av Q63, Q66 · Shelter
    150 feet
    Q63 Q66
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q66 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Northern Boulevard.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 50 St & Northern Blvd 27 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at Brooklyn-Queens Expressway & Northern Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 50-92 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    250 feet
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 49 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 40 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 12 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
25 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside Yards (North)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 in 1949.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Woodside development.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 49 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 51st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 51st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Northern Boulevard

  • No stopping 13 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 community center
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Gotham Tech High School
    690 feet
  2. Motion Picture Technical High School
    690 feet
  3. Northwell School of Health Sciences School
    690 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Woodside Houses Park
    1,190 feet
  2. The Community Pride - Woodside Houses (NYCHA) Garden
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 50-37 Newtown Road Older adult center
    570 feet
  2. Woodside Community Center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    250 feet
  2. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Plaza 48 Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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:

See every intersection along 51st Street, Northern Boulevard or Woodside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.