24th Street & 42nd Road

The four-way crossing of 24th Street and 42nd Road is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rafferty Triangle is 1,250 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, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 60 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
700 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
520 feet
23 St/Queens Plaza South · Q66, Q69
Within a walk
4 places
3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
24th Street & 42nd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 700 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
    700 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. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.3 miles
    E F R
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.3 miles
    7 E F G

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, 520 feet away, for the Q66 and Q69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 1,060 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    830 feet
  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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 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 196 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 24th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 24th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 42nd Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 42nd Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet
  3. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Street or 42nd Road.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.