33rd Avenue & 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 33rd Avenue and 23rd Street is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts is 1,030 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
Broadway/21 St · Q104
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
33rd Avenue & 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway N, W
    0.4 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 “Outlook” (2018) by Diane Carr at the Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/21 St, 690 feet away, for the Q104.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/21 St Q104 · Countdown sign
    690 feet
    Q104
    Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q104 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crescent St & Broadway 19 docks in all
    890 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    690 feet
  2. 31-99 33rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 1950 and 1979.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 23rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

North side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 33rd Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 418209.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Queensview Nursery School and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    290 feet
  2. Long Island City High School
    990 feet
  3. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    1,030 feet
Show all 4
  1. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broadway Long Island Post Office
    450 feet
  2. Older adult center at 23-56 Broadway Older adult center
    900 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    930 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and seven 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 33rd Avenue.

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.