21st Avenue & 33rd Street

The four-way crossing of 21st Avenue and 33rd Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Catherine & St George Church is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,170 feet
Ditmars Blvd/31 St · Q69
Within a walk
11 places
5 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Avenue & 33rd 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 seven 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/31 St, 1,170 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/31 St Q69 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    1,170 feet
    Q69
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 35 St & 21 Ave 23 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    1,200 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 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

South side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

East side of 33rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 33rd Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 421485 and 422226.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    170 feet
  2. Queens Lutheran School
    260 feet
  3. Happy Bees Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    530 feet
Show all 5
  1. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    1,080 feet
  2. Immaculate Conception Catholic Acad School
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Steinway Library
    980 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine & St George Church House of worship
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,090 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,310 feet

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 33rd 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.