43rd Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 12th Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 520 feet to the 12th Street Plaza. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about six minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 13 places to eat. Within 820 feet are 13 homes, mostly built between 1900 and 1901, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
1,150 feet
21 St/Queens Plaza South · B62, Q103
Within a walk
3 places
1 park, 1 pedestrian plaza and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.3 miles
    7 E F G

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.5 miles
    7 N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Temple Quad Reliefs” (1992) by Frank Olt and “Stream” (2001) by Elizabeth Murray at the Court Sq-23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/Queens Plaza South, 1,150 feet away, for the B62 and Q103.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Queens Plaza South B62, Q103
    1,150 feet
    B62 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 11 St & 43 Ave 28 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1,240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    1,140 feet
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 13 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1900 and 1901.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and September 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 12th Street

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

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Apex Technical School Trade or language school
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 12th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and two 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 12th Street or 43rd 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.