44th Road & Hunter Street

The three-way junction of 44th Road and Hunter Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The stele “Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty” is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about two 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 76 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
550 feet
Jackson Av/43 Av · Q101
Within a walk
10 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
44th Road & Hunter Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 540 feet from this corner, about two 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
    540 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
    1,250 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, 550 feet away, for the Q101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 36 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
    420 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. 23-15 44th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    630 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2021.

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

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

Homes

About 6,500 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 2015 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 499 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Kentucky coffeetree and the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and September 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 44th Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Hunter Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 in Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty Square.

  1. Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty Stele, 1937
    280 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    410 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
  • 2 parks
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    730 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    750 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
Show all 5
  1. Information Technology High School
    1,200 feet
  2. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    270 feet
  2. Court Square Park
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    910 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th Road or Hunter 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 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.