21st Avenue & 24th Street
The four-way crossing of 21st Avenue and 24th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St John's Prep School is 870 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/21 Av, is 680 feet away for the Q100, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them schools, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 21 St/21 Av, 680 feet away, for the Q100.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 21 St/21 Av Q100680 feetQ100
Next buses at this stop
- Q100 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 24th Street.
- 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 21 Ave & Crescent St 24 docks in all310 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2022
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11105
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 22
- Police precinct
- 114
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 35 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and November 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 21st Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 21st Avenue
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
East side of 24th Street
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
West side of 24th Street
- No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- Kid Krazy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K350 feet
- St John's Prep School870 feet
- P.S. 122 Mamie Fay School1,200 feet
Supermarkets
- Lincoln Market Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 21st Avenue & Crescent Street 260 feet
- 21st Avenue & 23rd Street 260 feet
- 21st Avenue & 26th Street 520 feet
- 21st Street & 21st Avenue 640 feet
- 23rd Street & 21st Road 680 feet
- 21st Avenue & 27th Street 780 feet
- 20th Avenue & 24th Street 880 feet
- Ditmars Boulevard & 24th Street 910 feet
See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 24th Street.