23rd Avenue & 123rd Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 123rd Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Johns Lutheran Church is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/23 Av, is 290 feet away for the Q26, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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23rd Avenue & 123rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/23 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q26.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/23 Av Q26
    290 feet
    Q26

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q26 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound at Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street at Whitestone Expressway Turnaround, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 26-27 College Point Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11356
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 123rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. District 25 Pre-K Center at 123-07 22nd Avenue Pre-K center
    670 feet
  2. P.S. 029 Queens School
    700 feet
  3. Joy Learning Garden II Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Poppenhusen Playground
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    530 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.