Crescent Street & Hoyt Avenue South

Crescent Street and Hoyt Avenue South meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Triborough Bridge Playground D is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
8 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Hoyt Av/Crescent St · Q19
Within a walk
17 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Crescent Street & Hoyt Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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, 280 feet away, for the Q19.

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    900 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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 (Central)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Crescent Street

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of Crescent Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    370 feet
  2. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  3. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    600 feet
Show all 7
  1. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    700 feet
  2. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Academy of the City Middle School
    860 feet
  4. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    60 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    80 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    320 feet
Show all 7
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    560 feet
  2. Chappetto Square Park
    760 feet
  3. Astoria Park
    940 feet
  4. Hoyt Playground
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South Older adult center
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and seven 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 South.

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.