21st Avenue & 36th Street

The four-way crossing of 21st Avenue and 36th 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 800 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 30 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
830 feet
Steinway St/21 Av · Q101
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 playgrounds and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Avenue & 36th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.5 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 Steinway St/21 Av, 830 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/21 Av Q101
    830 feet
    Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 36th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.

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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2016 and August 2024, 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 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 36th Street

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

West side of 36th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 423211.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    540 feet
  2. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Queens Lutheran School
    800 feet
Show all 4
  1. Happy Bees Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinway Playground
    780 feet
  2. Woodtree Playground
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and seven 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 36th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.