23rd Avenue & 169th Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 169th Street is in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Playground Twenty One is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/22 Av, is 810 feet away for the Q16 and QM20, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

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23rd Avenue & 169th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/22 Av, 810 feet away, for the Q16 and QM20.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utopia Pkwy/22 Av Q16, QM20 · Shelter
    810 feet
    Q16 QM20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …
  2. QM20 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at Clearview Expressway & 26th Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-10 Utopia Parkway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 2 Bay Club Drive Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bay Terrace-Clearview
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 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 1940 and 1950.

Trees

One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 169th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground Twenty One Playground
    1,300 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat.

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 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.