19th Street & 23rd Road

The three-way junction of 19th Street and 23rd Road is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens, at the edge of Astoria Park. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Charybdis Playground is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/23 Av, is 740 feet away for the Q69, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat.

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19th Street & 23rd Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/23 Av, 740 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/23 Av Q69 · Shelter
    740 feet
    Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 23 Ave 22 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway; the corner is on the edge of the Astoria Park area
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1920 and 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 107 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 19th Street

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

North side of 23rd Road

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

South side of 23rd Road

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

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and five buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne. They were built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Astoria Park Pool and Play Center Bathhouse Designated landmark
    400 feet
  2. Astoria Park Pool and Play Center Comfort Station Designated landmark
    570 feet
  3. Astoria Park Pool and Play Center Filter House Designated landmark
    580 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Astoria Park War Memorial.

  1. Astoria Park War Memorial Stele by Gaetano Cecere, 1926
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    50 feet
  2. Charybdis Playground
    270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places 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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.