23rd Street & Queens Plaza South

The four-way crossing of 23rd Street and Queens Plaza South is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queensbridge Park is 900 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 five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 44 places to eat.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 660 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
    660 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
    0.3 miles
    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, 30 feet away, for the Q66 and Q69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 23rd Street.

  • 14 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
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 530 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 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
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,200 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 2022.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Queens Plaza South

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Queens Plaza South

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 420335.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    710 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    990 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 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 Queens Plaza 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.