146th Street & 21st Avenue

The three-way junction of 146th Street and 21st Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Parsons Blvd/20 Av, is 870 feet away for the Q44 SBS and QM2, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

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146th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Parsons Blvd/20 Av, 870 feet away, for the Q44 SBS and QM2.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Parsons Blvd/20 Av Q44 SBS, QM2
    870 feet
    Q44 SBS QM2

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q44 SBS …
  2. QM2 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & I 678, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 20-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1935 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the eastern redbud.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and May 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 146th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 146th Street

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Supermarkets

  1. Hua Lian Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

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

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYPD, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.