Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway & Thomson Avenue

Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway and Thomson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term is 840 feet away, and McKenna Triangle is 1,290 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them parks, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
No crash on record
in any year the city publishes
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
1,100 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
44 Dr/Jackson Av · Q63, Q102
Within a walk
9 places
3 parks, 3 schools 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, 1,100 feet from this corner, about four 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
    1,100 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. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.4 miles
    E F R
  2. 33 St-Rawson St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

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/Jackson Av, 780 feet away, for the Q63 and Q102.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 44 Dr/Jackson Av Q63, Q102
    780 feet
    Q63 Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 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
    920 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
    0.4 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)
Long Island City-Hunters Point

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 358 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the chinkapin oak.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, and built between 1988 and 1989.

Monuments and public art

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

  1. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    740 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 parks
  • 3 schools
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Academy of Finance and Enterprise School
    1,020 feet
  3. Bard High School Early College Queens School
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. High School of Applied Communication School
    1,020 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    900 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    1,290 feet
  3. Rafferty Triangle
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 29th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    950 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.