23rd Street & Jackson Avenue

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and Jackson Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 30 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 24 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Court Square Park is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7, E, F and G. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them parks, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
30 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
170 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
23 St/Jackson Av · B94, T403
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 & Jackson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 170 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    170 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
    940 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 23 St/Jackson Av, 40 feet away, for the B94 and T403.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St/Jackson Av B94, T403
    40 feet
    B94 T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …
  2. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Davis St & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    70 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
    1,110 feet
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    290 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    1,180 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 30 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 24 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,882nd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 3,100 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 2019.

Since 2014 at least 459 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 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
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2022 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM

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

East side of Davis Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Davis Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

South side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412846, 415557, 422057 and 427247.

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.

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
    1,080 feet
  2. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  3. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Short Triangle
    130 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    540 feet
  3. Court Square Park
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Murray Playground
    860 feet
  2. Rafferty Triangle
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    690 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    880 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 23rd Street or Jackson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.