23rd Street & 44th Drive

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and 44th Drive is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rafferty Triangle is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them parks, and 49 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
11 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
44 Dr/23 St · B94
Within a walk
16 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    100 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. 21 St G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.4 miles
    7 N W

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, 230 feet away, for the B94.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 23rd Street and 44th Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 Dr & 21 St 39 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    980 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2016

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes

Homes

About 4,800 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 538 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2023 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1 M
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 23rd Street

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

North side of 44th Drive

  • Loading only 2 signs LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 44th Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1871 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
    480 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 courthouse
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    390 feet
  2. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    550 feet
  3. Information Technology High School
    810 feet
Show all 4
  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    440 feet
  2. Short Triangle
    590 feet
  3. McKenna Triangle
    640 feet
Show all 5
  1. Court Square Park
    800 feet
  2. Murray Playground
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    500 feet
  2. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    760 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    780 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    970 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.