Thomson Avenue & Court Square

Thomson Avenue and Court Square meet at a four-way crossing in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City Supreme Court Civil Term is 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 ten public places, four of them parks, and 39 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Thomson Av/Jackson Av · Q63, Q102
Within a walk
10 places
4 parks, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Thomson Avenue & Court Square Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 300 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
    300 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
    0.4 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 Thomson Av/Jackson Av, 100 feet away, for the Q63 and Q102.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Thomson Av/Jackson Av Q63, Q102
    100 feet
    Q63 Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q63 …
  2. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 44 Dr & Jackson Ave 34 docks in all
    360 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
    1,010 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 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.

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
16 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 5,000 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 2021.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Court Square (east side) and Thomson Avenue (north side).

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
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 8 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412841, 418230 and 428392.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and seven buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Modified Romanesque Revival. They were mostly built in 1887.

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
    450 feet
  2. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    650 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 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
    210 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Court Square Park
    100 feet
  2. McKenna Triangle
    490 feet
  3. Rafferty Triangle
    860 feet
Show all 4
  1. Short Triangle
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 45th Road - Court House Square Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    860 feet
  2. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    90 feet
  2. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    450 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    780 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Court Square or Thomson Avenue.

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