21st Avenue & 28th Street

The four-way crossing of 21st Avenue and 28th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens Lutheran School is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them schools, and ten places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,190 feet
Ditmars Blvd/27 St · Q69
Within a walk
7 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Avenue & 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/27 St, 1,190 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/27 St Q69
    1,190 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & 21 Ave 27 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.1 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
54 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and September 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 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 28th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 28th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. St John's Prep School
    690 feet
  2. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  3. Queens Lutheran School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Immaculate Conception Catholic Acad School
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Steinway Library
    1,210 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    960 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 28th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.