Queens Boulevard & Hillyer Street

Queens Boulevard and Hillyer Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them schools, and six places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1944 and 1979, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Queens Blvd/Ireland St · Q60
Within a walk
8 places
4 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Queens Boulevard & Hillyer Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    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. Grand Av-Newtown M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Ireland St, 250 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Ireland St Q60
    250 feet
    Q60

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd & Albion Ave 21 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 77-33 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    260 feet
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
30
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1944 and 1979.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 93 signs on these blocks
  • 19 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and November 2021; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Albion Avenue

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-4PM

South side of Albion Avenue

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

East side of Hillyer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

West side of Hillyer Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 2PM-7PM

North side of Queens Boulevard

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464205 and 464206.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings

Schools and child care

  1. Elm Community Charter School
    660 feet
  2. Preschool R US 3 Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. I.S. 5 - the Walter Crowley Intermediate School
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. P.S. 007 Louis F. Simeone School
    1,210 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 46-16 76th Street Pre-K center
    1,260 feet
  3. Books & Rattles - Peek a Boo School
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Albion Avenue, Hillyer Street or Queens Boulevard.

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