23rd Street & Queens Plaza North

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and Queens Plaza North is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queensbridge Park is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
6 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
690 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
23 St/Queens Plaza South · Q66, Q69
Within a walk
4 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Street & Queens Plaza North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 690 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    690 feet
    7 N W

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. N …
  3. W …
Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    1,210 feet
    M
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.3 miles
    E F R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Columns” (2000) by Sydney Cash at the Queensboro Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 23 St/Queens Plaza South, 220 feet away, for the Q66 and Q69.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 St/Queens Plaza South Q66, Q69
    220 feet
    Q66 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 23rd Street and Queens Plaza North.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Plaza N & Crescent St 44 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 340 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    1,000 feet
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,400 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 2013 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2017 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Plaza North

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Queens Plaza North

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 422540 and 425045.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    720 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    520 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,130 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and eight 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or Queens Plaza 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.