21st Avenue & 32nd Street

The three-way junction of 21st Avenue and 32nd Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Queens Lutheran School is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them schools, and 23 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,110 feet
20 Av/31 St · Q100
Within a walk
8 places
3 schools, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Avenue & 32nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.3 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 20 Av/31 St, 1,110 feet away, for the Q100.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 20 Av/31 St Q100
    1,110 feet
    Q100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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
51 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 32nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 32nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    30 feet
  2. Queens Lutheran School
    100 feet
  3. Happy Bees Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Immaculate Conception Catholic Acad School
    1,060 feet
  2. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Steinway Library
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,270 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and eight 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 32nd 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.