43rd Avenue & 9th Street

The four-way crossing of 43rd Avenue and 9th 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. New York Architectural Terra Cotta Works stands 500 feet away, built in 1892. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F and G. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Vernon Blvd/44 Dr · Q103
Within a walk
2 places
1 park and 1 pedestrian plaza, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.4 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 …

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 Vernon Blvd/44 Dr, 0.3 miles away, for the Q103.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd/44 Dr Q103
    0.3 miles
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    750 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
15 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 11 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 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 9th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4:30PM

West side of 9th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built in 1892.

  1. New York Architectural Terra Cotta Works Designated landmark
    500 feet

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    640 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 12th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.5 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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or 9th Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.