24th Street & Hoyt Avenue South

The three-way junction of 24th Street and Hoyt Avenue South is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. In 2025, 4,858 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Triborough Bridge Playground B is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Hoyt Av/Crescent St · Q19
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
24th Street & Hoyt Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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 …

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/Crescent St, 430 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av/Crescent St Q19
    430 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Avenue South.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 4,858 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 166th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 2,710 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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 (Central)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and April 2016, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 24th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 24th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of Hoyt Avenue South

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
Show all 6
  1. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    960 feet
  2. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,020 feet
  3. Academy of the City Middle School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    60 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    80 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    300 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    340 feet
  2. Chappetto Square Park
    500 feet
  3. Astoria Park
    680 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five 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 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Street or Hoyt Avenue South.

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