21st Avenue & Steinway Street

The four-way crossing of 21st Avenue and Steinway Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 490 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. I.S. 141 the Steinway is 570 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Steinway St/21 Av, is 80 feet away for the Q101, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Steinway St/21 Av · Q101
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Avenue & Steinway Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/21 Av, 80 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/21 Av Q101
    80 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
    40 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 490 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,200th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 248 more were issued.

School-zone speed camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Southbound on Steinway Street447235
Eastbound on 21st Avenue4313
Total490248

Every corner with speed camera tickets

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1923 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Steinway Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Steinway Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 419193.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    570 feet
  2. Mushroom House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinway Playground
    720 feet
  2. Woodtree Playground
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Francis of Assisi Church House of worship
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Berry Fresh Farm Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    980 feet

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 Steinway Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.