43rd Avenue & 24th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 24th 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. The stele “Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty” is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about four minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 67 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
1,040 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Jackson Av/43 Av · Q101
Within a walk
6 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 1,040 feet from this corner, about four 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
    1,040 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
    1,120 feet
    7 N W
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.3 miles
    E F R

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 Jackson Av/43 Av, 850 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/43 Av Q101
    850 feet
    Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 St & Hunter St 33 docks in all
    720 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    410 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 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 January 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
13 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 5,600 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 2015 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 341 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 24th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 24th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 425529.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest in Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty Square.

  1. Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty Stele, 1937
    660 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,040 feet
  3. Information Technology High School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    840 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and ten 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.