21st Avenue & Willets Point Boulevard

The three-way junction of 21st Avenue and Willets Point Boulevard is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Willets Point Blvd/20 Rd, is 490 feet away for the Q61, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1965, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

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21st Avenue & Willets Point Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Willets Point Blvd/20 Rd, 490 feet away, for the Q61.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Willets Point Blvd/20 Rd Q61
    490 feet
    Q61

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q61 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Willets Point Boulevard.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 157-30 Willets Point Boulevard Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    730 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    810 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYPD, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA, NYC Health and NYC Parks, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.