23rd Street & Astoria Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and Astoria Boulevard is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church is 380 feet away, and Triborough Bridge Playground E is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Astoria Blvd/21 St · Q19
Within a walk
22 places
7 religious buildings, 5 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & Astoria Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 30 Av N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/21 St, 310 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/21 St Q19
    310 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Newtown Ave & 23 St 27 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Astoria Boulevard

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Astoria Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 425240.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    250 feet
  2. Academy of the City Middle School
    460 feet
  3. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    810 feet
Show all 7
  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet
  2. Discovery Lane Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  4. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    980 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    980 feet
  3. Chappetto Square Park
    1,200 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    1,230 feet
  2. Van Alst Playground
    1,240 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    1,280 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    380 feet
  2. Astoria Center of Israel Listed historic place
    1,040 feet
  3. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    260 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and ten 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or Astoria Boulevard.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.