Jackson Avenue & 44th Drive

Jackson Avenue and 44th Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Court Square Park is 340 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about a minute on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them parks, and 81 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
350 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
44 Dr/Jackson Av · Q39
Within a walk
11 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & 44th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 350 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    350 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
    1,270 feet
    E F R
  2. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.3 miles
    7 N W

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, 30 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 44 Dr/Jackson Av Q39
    30 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 Dr & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    560 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 7,500 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 2010 and 2022.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 56 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the goldenrain tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2025 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 44th Drive

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 44th Drive

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of 44th Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 44th Drive

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000

North side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY NOON-7PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-NOON

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414336, 419446 and 419447.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission. They were built between 1872 and 1989.

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
    300 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    410 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    420 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    830 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    340 feet
  2. Rafferty Triangle
    380 feet
  3. McKenna Triangle
    530 feet
Show all 4
  1. Short Triangle
    980 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    900 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    110 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    420 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 81 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 44th Drive or Jackson Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.