28th Street & Queens Plaza South

The four-way crossing of 28th Street and Queens Plaza South is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Bank of the Manhattan Company Building stands 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 75 places to eat.

Safety record
9 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
400 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Queens Plaza South/28 St · T323
Within a walk
5 places
3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
28th Street & Queens Plaza South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 400 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    400 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
    430 feet
    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 Queens Plaza South/28 St, 40 feet away, for the T323.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza South/28 St T323
    40 feet
    T323

Next buses at this stop

  1. T323 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 28 St & 41 Ave 27 docks in all
    540 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 25-21 43rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,140 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 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
24 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 8,700 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 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 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
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 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

South side of Queens Plaza South

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as neo-Gothic, and built between 1925 and 1927.

  1. Bank of the Manhattan Company Building Designated landmark
    740 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    80 feet
  2. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Atlas School
    1,010 feet
  2. Academy of American Studies School
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    440 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    80 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 75 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 28th Street or Queens Plaza South.

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