23rd Street & 45th Road

The three-way junction of 23rd Street and 45th Road is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Short Triangle is 50 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 17 public places, four of them parks, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Jackson Av/23 St · B94, Q67, Q101
Within a walk
17 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & 45th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 50 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
    50 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
    1,090 feet
    G
  2. Hunters Point Av 7
    0.4 miles
    7

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 Jackson Av/23 St, 80 feet away, for the B94, Q67 and Q101.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/23 St B94, Q67, Q101
    80 feet
    B94 Q67 Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …
  2. Q67 …
  3. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Davis St & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    440 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
16 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 2016 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 465 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 45th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 427247.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 49 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were 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
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen 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
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  2. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  3. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Short Triangle
    50 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    610 feet
  3. Murray Playground
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Court Square Park
    720 feet
  2. Rafferty Triangle
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet
  2. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    720 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    290 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. MoMA PS1 Museum
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    660 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Post Office Listed historic place
    960 feet
  2. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    240 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,090 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 45th Road.

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 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.