23rd Avenue & 96th Street

The three-way junction of 23rd Avenue and 96th Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Overlook Park is 920 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 23 Av/94 St, is 590 feet away for the Q47, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and two places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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23rd Avenue & 96th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 23 Av/94 St, 590 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 Av/94 St Q47
    590 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 97 St & 23 Ave 19 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at 94th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 92-10 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 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 1935 and 1963.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 96th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 96th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 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 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Overlook Park Nature area
    920 feet
  2. Jackson Mill Green
    1,050 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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