37th Avenue & 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 37th Avenue and 23rd Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sixteen Oaks Grove is 620 feet away, and I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes is 1,280 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them schools, and seven places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
36 Av/24 St · Q102
Within a walk
10 places
5 schools, 1 fire station and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (2018) by Maureen McQuillan at the 36 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 Av/24 St, 870 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av/24 St Q102
    870 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 23rd Street.

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 St & 38 Ave 19 docks in all
    750 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 36-42 21st Street Gas station
    740 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 37th Avenue

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

South side of 37th Avenue

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

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Long Island City Library.

  1. Diagonal Sonata Bas-relief sculpture by Toshio Sasaki, 2007
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    830 feet
  2. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    1,070 feet
  3. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Energy Tech High School
    1,280 feet
  2. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    620 feet
  2. Dutch Kills Playground
    790 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 260 Fire station
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    590 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and nine 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 37th Avenue.

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