23rd Street & 44th Road

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and 44th Road is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty” is 520 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 14 public places, four of them parks, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
44 Dr/23 St · B94
Within a walk
14 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 310 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
    310 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, 510 feet away, for the B94.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 32 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
    770 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    1,210 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,300 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 238 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 30 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 44th Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 44th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

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
    520 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    720 feet
  2. Short Triangle
    870 feet
  3. McKenna Triangle
    920 feet
Show all 5
  1. Court Square Park
    1,080 feet
  2. Murray Playground
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    780 feet
  2. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,120 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,060 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    540 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 44th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.