45th Avenue & 23rd Street

The four-way crossing of 45th Avenue and 23rd Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Hunters Point Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. McKenna Triangle is 350 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 18 public places, four of them parks, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Jackson Av/23 St · B94, Q67, Q101
Within a walk
18 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Avenue & 23rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 310 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
    310 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. 21 St G
    0.3 miles
    G
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.4 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/23 St, 330 feet away, for the B94, Q67 and Q101.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/23 St B94, Q67, Q101
    330 feet
    B94 Q67 Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …
  2. Q67 …
  3. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 52 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Davis St & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    480 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. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    700 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,600 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 2016 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 417 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the white oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1 M
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 45th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 1 sign AUTHORIZED VEHICLES ONLY SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 45th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 425586.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Hunters Point Historic District.

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 48 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1871 and 1887.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Captain Malcolm A. Rafferty Square.

  1. Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty Stele, 1937
    590 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 courthouse
  • 6 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  2. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Information Technology High School
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Short Triangle
    310 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    350 feet
  3. Court Square Park
    520 feet
Show all 5
  1. Murray Playground
    700 feet
  2. Rafferty Triangle
    720 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    460 feet
  2. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    30 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    330 feet
  3. MoMA PS1 Museum
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Long Island City Post Office Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    730 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    500 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    830 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    460 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 23rd Street or 45th 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.