46th Avenue & Jackson Avenue

The three-way junction of 46th Avenue and Jackson Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. MoMA PS1 is 490 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them parks, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
340 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Jackson Av/23 St · T323, T403
Within a walk
16 places
4 parks, 2 listed historic places and 9 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
46th Avenue & Jackson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    340 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
    770 feet
    G
  2. Hunters Point Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7

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, 70 feet away, for the T323 and T403.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/23 St T323, T403
    70 feet
    T323 T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. T323 …
  2. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Davis St & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    120 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 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
11 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 2019.

Since 2014 at least 459 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2022 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Jackson Avenue (south side).

East side of 46th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 46th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 46th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 46th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 1 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414595, 415557 and 425283.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 47 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Italianate, and mostly built between 1871 and 1887.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Gersh Academy-Aym School
    1,170 feet
  2. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Short Triangle
    300 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    710 feet
  3. Court Square Park
    730 feet
Show all 5
  1. Murray Playground
    850 feet
  2. Rafferty Triangle
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Post Office Listed historic place
    650 feet
  2. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · listed historic place
    980 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    490 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,040 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 46th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.