28th Avenue & 43rd Street

The four-way crossing of 28th Avenue and 43rd Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Joseph RC Church Astoria is 540 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 30 Av/43 St, is 740 feet away for the Q18, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 29 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
740 feet
30 Av/43 St · Q18
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
28th Avenue & 43rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 30 Av/43 St, 740 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 30 Av/43 St Q18 · Shelter
    740 feet
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 43rd Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 28 Ave & 44 St 19 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-08 30th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 11 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the hawthorn.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 28th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 28th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 43rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. St Joseph Catholic Academy School
    630 feet
  2. Creche Les Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. Les Petites Etoiles Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 070 School
    1,220 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Joseph RC Church Astoria House of worship
    540 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Grand Post Office
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    640 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    670 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 28th Avenue or 43rd Street.

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.