23rd Street & Hoyt Avenue North

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and Hoyt Avenue North is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Triborough Bridge Playground C is 90 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them parks, and six places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Hoyt Avenue North.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Hoyt Av/Crescent St · Q19
Within a walk
11 places
5 parks, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & Hoyt Avenue North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven 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 …

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 Hoyt Av/Crescent St, 490 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av/Crescent St Q19
    490 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Hoyt Avenue North.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten 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 March 2025.

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 (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1961.

Trees

NYC Parks records 101 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Hoyt Avenue North

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

South side of Hoyt Avenue North

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  3. High Five Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chappetto Square Park
    60 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    70 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    90 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    320 feet
  2. Astoria Park
    470 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    580 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and four 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 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or Hoyt Avenue North.

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