43rd Avenue & 22nd Street

The three-way junction of 43rd Avenue and 22nd 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. Information Technology High School is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about five minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 21 places to eat. About 3,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2014 and 2022, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
1,190 feet · 5 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
760 feet
Queens Plaza South/22 St · Q66, Q69
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 22nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 1,190 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    1,190 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. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.3 miles
    7 N W
  2. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M

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 Queens Plaza South/22 St, 760 feet away, for the Q66 and Q69.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza South/22 St Q66, Q69 · Shelter
    760 feet
    Q66 Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1,060 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    980 feet
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    980 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,200 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 2014 and 2022.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2014 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 22nd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 22nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of 43rd Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 413061.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. Information Technology High School
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and five 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 22nd 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.