Jackson Avenue & Arch Street

Jackson Avenue and Arch Street meet at a three-way junction in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 550 feet to the 46th Avenue Plaza. The nearest subway, 21 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 32 places to eat.

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Jackson Avenue & Arch Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St, 140 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St G
    140 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Court Square
1 line
  1. G …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    970 feet
    7 E F G
  2. Hunters Point Av 7
    1,110 feet
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jackson Av/21 St, 30 feet away, for the B94, T323 and T403.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/21 St B94, T323, T403
    30 feet
    B94 T323 T403

Next buses at this stop

  1. B94 …
  2. T323 …
  3. T403 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 38 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jackson Ave & 46 Rd 27 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    660 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,500 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 2015 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 374 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 museum
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gersh Academy-Aym School
    750 feet
  2. Millie’s World Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet
  3. Bunnyhill LIC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Murray Playground
    910 feet
  2. Short Triangle
    930 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. MoMA PS1 Museum
    290 feet
  2. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    740 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Post Office Listed historic place
    330 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 258/Ladder 115 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,300 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and nine food stores.

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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, 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.