Jackson Avenue & Thomson Avenue

Jackson Avenue and Thomson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rafferty Triangle is 650 feet away, and the 46th Avenue Plaza is 1,100 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 13 public places, four of them parks, and 51 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
90 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Jackson Av/Thompson Av · Q96
Within a walk
13 places
4 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Jackson Avenue & Thomson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 90 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
    90 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
    0.3 miles
    E F R
  2. 21 St G
    0.3 miles
    G

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 Jackson Av/Thompson Av, 30 feet away, for the Q96.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/Thompson Av Q96
    30 feet
    Q96

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q96 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 43 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
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 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
    820 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019
  • 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
17 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 6,600 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 2022.

Since 2014 at least 536 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 99 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2026 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

North side of Thomson Avenue

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

South side of Thomson Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 412841.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 19 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Italianate. They were mostly built between 1870 and 1889.

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
    260 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 courthouse
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,090 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    80 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    270 feet
  3. Rafferty Triangle
    650 feet
Show all 4
  1. Short Triangle
    720 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Citicorp at Court Square Public space
    320 feet
  2. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,100 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    160 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    230 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    560 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 51 places to eat and 13 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Jackson Avenue or Thomson 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.