23rd Street & 42nd Road

The three-way junction of 23rd Street and 42nd Road is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queensbridge Park is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 48 places to eat. About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2010 and 2022, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
930 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
260 feet
23 St/Queens Plaza South · Q66, Q69
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & 42nd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 930 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    930 feet
    7 N W

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. N …
  3. W …
Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    1,300 feet
    7 E F G
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.3 miles
    E F R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Columns” (2000) by Sydney Cash at the Queensboro Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 23 St/Queens Plaza South, 260 feet away, for the Q66 and Q69.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St/Queens Plaza South Q66, Q69
    260 feet
    Q66 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Plaza N & Crescent St 44 docks in all
    810 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 800 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,090 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2010 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fifteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1 M
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

North side of 42nd Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    870 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 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 of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 42nd Road.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.