Sunnyside Yards (North)

Queens

Sunnyside Yards (North) is the northern strip of Sunnyside Yard, the rail yard that extends east toward Woodside with Northern Boulevard along its northern edge, on ground that was once part of the old Dutch Kills settlement.

  • 0.16 square miles
  • 18 street corners
  • 1 subway station
  • 6 bus routes

The Pennsylvania Railroad built the yard as part of its New York Tunnel Extension into Pennsylvania Station and completed it in 1910. Amtrak owns it today, New Jersey Transit and the Long Island Rail Road also use it, and the city's Economic Development Corporation counts it among the busiest passenger rail facilities in North America.

Sources: Sunnyside Yard (Wikipedia); Sunnyside Yard Master Plan (New York City Economic Development Corporation).

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Sunnyside Yards (North) borders four areas, and Northern Boulevard holds more of its corners than any other street, 15 of 18.

Street map of Sunnyside Yards (North), Queens, outlined among Sunnyside Yards (South), Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills and Woodside, with its one subway station.Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)WoodsideSunnyside Yards (South)Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
  • Sunnyside Yards (North)
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  • A station in the list
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Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Subway stations

  • 36 St lines M R

Getting around

One subway station and buses on six routes stop in or at the edge of Sunnyside Yards (North).

  • 1 subway station
  • 6 local bus routes

Local bus routes

  • Q63
  • Q66
  • Q101
  • Q102
  • Q104
  • Q108

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 395 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 21.9 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner

Signal or safety changes on City record, at ten of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
10
Accessible pedestrian signals
9
Turn calming
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than red-light or bus-lane tickets.

  • 0 red-light camera tickets
  • 5,704 school-zone speed camera tickets at one corner
  • 0 bus-lane camera tickets
Most speed tickets
Northern Boulevard & 41st Street, 5,704

Streets and trees

Trees
72 in NYC Parks' records, most often zelkova, Callery pear and thornless honeylocust
Street with the most corners
Northern Boulevard, with 15 of the area's 18
Height above sea level
From 20 feet at Northern Boulevard & 31st Street to 44 feet at Northern Boulevard & 45th Street

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, three bike-share stations stand in Sunnyside Yards (North).

  • 3 bike-share stations

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.