43rd Avenue & Jackson Avenue

The three-way junction of 43rd Avenue and Jackson Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Sunbather” is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about three minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 87 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
710 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Jackson Av/43 Av · Q101
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 3 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
43rd Avenue & Jackson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 710 feet from this corner, about three 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
    710 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. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    920 feet
    E F R
  2. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    1,290 feet
    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 Jackson Av/43 Av, 80 feet away, for the Q101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 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. 27 St & Hunter St 33 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    380 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 7,500 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 2010 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 590 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Ultrazam' hackberry and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 4pm on Jackson Avenue (south side).

North side of 43rd Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 43rd Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO MTA

North side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AVO MTA
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 422025 and 427657.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Second Empire, and built between 1872 and 1876.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists two works near this corner, the nearest at Jackson Avenue Streetscape.

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 parks
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    480 feet
  2. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    770 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    690 feet
  2. Rafferty Triangle
    740 feet
  3. McKenna Triangle
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    470 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    780 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 87 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 43rd Avenue or Jackson 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.