23rd Street & Hoyt Avenue South

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and Hoyt Avenue South is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Chappetto Square is 280 feet away, and Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
21 St/Astoria Park South · Q19, Q69
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & Hoyt Avenue South 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 21 St/Astoria Park South, 490 feet away, for the Q19 and Q69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Astoria Park South Q19, Q69
    490 feet
    Q19 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Avenue South.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    400 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and May 2016, 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 South

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
  3. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    1,170 feet
  2. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,190 feet
  3. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    60 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    70 feet
  3. Chappetto Square Park
    280 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    310 feet
  2. Astoria Park
    450 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    570 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,060 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and seven 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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.