44th Drive & Hunter Street

The four-way crossing of 44th Drive and Hunter 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 150 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
120 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
44 Dr/23 St · B94
Within a walk
13 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
44th Drive & Hunter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 120 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    120 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. 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 44 Dr/23 St, 150 feet away, for the B94.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 44 Dr/23 St B94
    150 feet
    B94

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 44th Drive.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 Dr & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    220 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    980 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2013
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2019

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 6,000 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 434 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2019 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Drive

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

East side of Hunter Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Hunter Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 419446.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 39 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1888.

Monuments and public art

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
    150 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    770 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet
  2. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    840 feet
  3. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
Show all 5
  1. Information Technology High School
    1,160 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    90 feet
  2. Court Square Park
    760 feet
  3. Short Triangle
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. McKenna Triangle
    950 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    600 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    490 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    840 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    630 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,130 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th Drive or Hunter Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.