Thomson Avenue & 44th Drive

Thomson Avenue and 44th Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Sunbather” is 570 feet away, and Short Triangle is 1,230 feet away. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, four of them parks, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
600 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
44 Dr/Jackson Av · Q63, Q102
Within a walk
9 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thomson Avenue & 44th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 600 feet from this corner, about two 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
    600 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. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.4 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, 270 feet away, for the Q63 and Q102.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 Dr & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    660 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. 43-10 Van Dam Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    930 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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
25 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to five travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 4,500 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 2006 and 2018.

Since 2014 at least 590 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2025 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Thomson Avenue (south side).

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

West side of 44th Drive

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

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 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412855, 414336 and 418230.

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 at Jackson Avenue Streetscape.

  1. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    570 feet
  2. Capt. Malcolm A. Rafferty Stele, 1937
    670 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Tle at Queens-Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    90 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    390 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    780 feet
  3. Rafferty Triangle
    790 feet
Show all 4
  1. Short Triangle
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and eight food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th Drive 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.