23rd Avenue & 100th Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 100th Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Care Center is 230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ditmars Blvd/102 St, is 700 feet away for the Q23 and Q90, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and five places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

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23rd Avenue & 100th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/102 St, 700 feet away, for the Q23 and Q90.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/102 St Q23, Q90
    700 feet
    Q23 Q90

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Ditmars Blvd & 102 St 25 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Ditmars Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 100th Street

  • Ambulettes only 2 signs AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 100th Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 23rd Avenue

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. District 30 Pre-K Center at 96-10 23rd Avenue Pre-K center
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Overlook Park Nature area
    520 feet
  2. Helen Marshall Playground
    930 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.