21st Avenue & 38th Street

The four-way crossing of 21st Avenue and 38th 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. I.S. 141 the Steinway is 290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Steinway St/21 Av, is 300 feet away for the Q101, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Steinway St/21 Av · Q101
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Avenue & 38th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/21 Av, 300 feet away, for the Q101.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Steinway St & 21 Ave 15 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 21st Avenue

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

South side of 21st Avenue

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

East side of 38th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 38th Street

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    290 feet
  2. Mushroom House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. Teeny Tiny Toes Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinway Playground
    440 feet
  2. Woodtree Playground
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,150 feet
  2. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 38th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.