23rd Avenue & 38th Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 38th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 084 Steinway is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Steinway St/23 Av · Q101
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Avenue & 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/23 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/23 Av Q101 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    290 feet
    Q101
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 23rd Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Steinway St & 23 Ave 21 docks in all
    470 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 44-02 Astoria Boulevard South Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 4 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twenty trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2015 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 38th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 38th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Mushroom House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet
  2. P.S. 084 Steinway School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ditmars Playground
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Masjid Dar Al Dawah Mosques House of worship
    650 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 49/Engine 312 Fire station
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Berry Fresh Farm Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Avenue or 38th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.