44th Avenue & 9th Street

The four-way crossing of 44th Avenue and 9th Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. It is 980 feet to the 12th Street Plaza. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F and G. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 17 places to eat. Within 820 feet are 26 homes, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
670 feet
Vernon Blvd/44 Dr · Q103
Within a walk
4 places
1 college, 1 park and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
44th 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 seven 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, 670 feet away, for the Q103.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd/44 Dr Q103
    670 feet
    Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 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. 9 St & 44 Rd 34 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2018.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 26 homes, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2014 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Avenue

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

South side of 44th Avenue

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

East side of 9th Street

  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-6PM

West side of 9th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-6PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 5AM-5PM
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 college
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bank Street College of Educ-Lic College
    560 feet
  2. Apex Technical School Trade or language school
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Gordon Triangle
    690 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 12th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and two 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.