23rd Street & 44th Avenue

The three-way junction of 23rd Street and 44th Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rafferty Triangle is 990 feet away, and Short Triangle is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
590 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
44 Dr/23 St · B94
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & 44th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 590 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    590 feet
    7 E F G

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.3 miles
    7 N W
  2. 21 St G
    0.4 miles
    G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Temple Quad Reliefs” (1992) by Frank Olt and “Stream” (2001) by Elizabeth Murray at the Court Sq-23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 44 Dr/23 St, 780 feet away, for the B94.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 44 Dr/23 St B94
    780 feet
    B94

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 43 Ave 27 docks in all
    1,020 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.3 miles 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
    940 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 4,600 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 2015 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 232 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Twelve buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate and Modified Romanesque Revival, and mostly built between 1870 and 1887.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty Square.

  1. Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty Stele, 1937
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    160 feet
  2. Information Technology High School
    810 feet
  3. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    990 feet
  2. Short Triangle
    1,140 feet
  3. McKenna Triangle
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,320 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 44th Avenue.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.