Crescent Street & Hoyt Avenue North

Crescent Street and Hoyt Avenue North meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Triborough Bridge Playground C is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and seven places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Hoyt Av/Crescent St · Q19
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & Hoyt Avenue North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hoyt Av/Crescent St, 80 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av/Crescent St Q19
    80 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Crescent Street and Hoyt Avenue North.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 Ave & 26 St 19 docks in all
    970 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to three travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 13 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and April 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

North side of Hoyt Avenue North

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hoyt Avenue North

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
  3. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 6
  1. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    890 feet
  2. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Academy of the City Middle School
    1,060 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    70 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    80 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    330 feet
Show all 7
  1. Chappetto Square Park
    580 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    590 feet
  3. Astoria Park
    990 feet
  4. Hoyt Playground
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    1,120 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four 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 Crescent Street or Hoyt Avenue North.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.