Crescent Street & 44th Road

Crescent Street and 44th Road meet at a four-way crossing 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 sculpture “Sunbather” is 540 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 14 public places, five 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
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
44 Dr/23 St · B94
Within a walk
14 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & 44th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 470 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
    470 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
    1,240 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 44 Dr/23 St, 510 feet away, for the B94.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 44 Dr/23 St B94
    510 feet
    B94

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 39 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
    540 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 23-15 44th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    510 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 June 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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 2015 and 2022.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Chinese elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2014 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Road

  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-6PM

South side of 44th Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

East side of Crescent Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modified Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built between 1883 and 1887.

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
    230 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 parks
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    610 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    880 feet
  3. Information Technology High School
    1,070 feet
Show all 6
  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,190 feet
  2. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  3. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    200 feet
  2. Court Square Park
    1,110 feet
  3. Short Triangle
    1,290 feet
Show all 4
  1. McKenna Triangle
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    950 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · landmark · listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,190 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 76 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.