43rd Avenue & 13th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 13th Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 780 feet to the 12th Street Plaza. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about five minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 12 places to eat. Within 820 feet are seven homes.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
1,310 feet · 5 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
890 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 & 13th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 1,310 feet from this corner, about five 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
    1,310 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.4 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, 890 feet away, for the B62 and Q103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 43 Ave 27 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    880 feet
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are seven homes.

Trees

Nineteen 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
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 13th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 13th Street

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-4PM

North side of 43rd Avenue

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

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

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 school

Schools and child care

  1. Information Technology High School
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 12th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    780 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and one food store.

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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 13th 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.