Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway & Thomson Avenue

Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway and Thomson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Sunnyside Yards (South), Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bard High School Early College Queens is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about five minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and eight places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
1,290 feet · 5 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Thomson Av/30 St · Q39
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway & Thomson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 1,290 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    1,290 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. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.4 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 Thomson Av/30 St, 640 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomson Av/30 St Q39
    640 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 29 St & Skillman Ave 27 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-10 Van Dam Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

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)
Sunnyside Yards (South)

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 106 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Heritage' river birch.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    780 feet
  2. Academy of Finance and Enterprise School
    830 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Queens School
    830 feet
Show all 5
  1. High School of Applied Communication School
    830 feet
  2. Laguardia Community College Early Childhood Learning Center Programs Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 29th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term Courthouse · listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,070 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway or Thomson Avenue.

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