24th Avenue & 28th Street

The four-way crossing of 24th Avenue and 28th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 085 Judge Charles Vallone is 960 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Hoyt Av/31 St · Q19
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
24th Avenue & 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N 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/31 St, 1,040 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av/31 St Q19
    1,040 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 Ave & 29 St 45 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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 (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2016 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 24th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 28th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 28th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 417344.

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
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  2. P.S. 085 Judge Charles Vallone School
    960 feet
  3. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoyt Playground
    640 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bohemian Hall and Park Listed historic place
    420 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue or 28th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, 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.