Queens Boulevard & 61st Street

Queens Boulevard and 61st Street meet at a six-way junction in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 47 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility is 240 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and eight places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1936 and 1964, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
39 hurt
47 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Queens Blvd/61 St · Q60
Within a walk
7 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 dog run and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & 61st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/61 St, 110 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/61 St Q60 · Shelter
    110 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & Queens Blvd 27 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 910 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 60-11 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    590 feet
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 47 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodside

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1936 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sawtooth oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 66 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and December 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 61st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 5AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 61st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 63rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 423793.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Alpha & Omega Kids Developmental Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Big Bush Playground
    380 feet
  2. Sherry Dog Run Park
    1,050 feet
  3. Sherry Park Dog Run
    1,100 feet

Health care

  1. Queens Boulevard Extended Care Facility Nursing home or hospice
    240 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 292/Rescue 4 Fire station
    570 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    180 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and six 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 61st Street, 63rd Street, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway or Queens Boulevard.

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