Crescent Street & 42nd Road

Crescent Street and 42nd Road meet at a four-way crossing 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. Rafferty Triangle is 990 feet away. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 79 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
450 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
28 St/42 Rd · Q69
Within a walk
4 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & 42nd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    450 feet
    7 N W

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. N …
  3. W …
Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    1,120 feet
    E F R
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    1,260 feet
    7 E F G

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Columns” (2000) by Sydney Cash at the Queensboro Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 28 St/42 Rd, 570 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St/42 Rd Q69
    570 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Plaza N & Crescent St 44 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    370 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 4,900 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 2010 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 441 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Bloodgood' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 42nd Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

East side of Crescent Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 413279 and 413870.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Jackson Avenue Streetscape.

  1. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    810 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 public space

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    410 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    780 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 79 places to eat and 12 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Road or Crescent 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, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.