28th Street & Hunter Street

The five-way junction of 28th Street and Hunter Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rafferty Triangle is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Queens Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and seven 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 80 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queens Plaza
580 feet · 2 min on foot · E, F, R
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
28 St/42 Rd · Q69
Within a walk
4 places
3 day care or pre-K sites and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
28th Street & Hunter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queens Plaza, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    580 feet
    E F R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. R …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    750 feet
    7 N W
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.3 miles
    7 E F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Look Up, Not Down” (2005) by Ellen Harvey at the Queens Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 28 St/42 Rd, 80 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St/42 Rd Q69
    80 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 St & Hunter St 33 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-10 Van Dam Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 25-21 43rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    780 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten 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 January 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 7,300 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 2015 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 641 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of 28th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 28th Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

North side of 42nd Road

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

South side of 42nd Road

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Hunter Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hunter Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Jackson Avenue Streetscape.

  1. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    630 feet

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
    290 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    430 feet
  3. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    950 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    800 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    990 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    370 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 80 places to eat and 11 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 28th Street, 42nd Road or Hunter 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.