45th Avenue & Jackson Avenue

The three-way junction of 45th Avenue and Jackson Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. McKenna Triangle is 110 feet away, and Murray Playground is 1,160 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 17 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 50 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
160 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Jackson Av/45 Av · T403
Within a walk
17 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
45th Avenue & Jackson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 160 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
    160 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
    0.3 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/45 Av, 20 feet away, for the T403.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/45 Av T403
    20 feet
    T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 Dr & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    300 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    910 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2022

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
19 feet above sea level

Homes

About 6,100 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 2012 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 823 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 85 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

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

North side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 422057 and 425586.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 32 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1889.

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
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    580 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  3. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,250 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    80 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    110 feet
  3. Short Triangle
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Rafferty Triangle
    800 feet
  2. Murray Playground
    1,160 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  3. MoMA PS1 Museum
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    1,290 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    310 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    310 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    410 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 50 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 45th Avenue or Jackson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.