23rd Avenue & Ditmars Boulevard Square

The three-way junction of 23rd Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard Square is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Helen Marshall Playground is 1,310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ditmars Blvd/102 St, is 320 feet away for the Q23 and Q90, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and five places to eat.

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23rd Avenue & Ditmars Boulevard Square Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/102 St, 320 feet away, for the Q23 and Q90.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Ditmars Boulevard, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,010 feet
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 January 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
44 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 300 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 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 nature area
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Overlook Park Nature area
    730 feet
  2. Helen Marshall Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    280 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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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:

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.