21st Street & 21st Road

The three-way junction of 21st Street and 21st Road is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 122 Mamie Fay is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/21 Av, is 410 feet away for the Q100, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them parks, and six places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1949, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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21st Street & 21st Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/21 Av, 410 feet away, for the Q100.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/21 Av Q100 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    410 feet
    Q100
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 21st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 21 Ave 21 docks in all
    480 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.2 miles

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

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2020

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
42 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Patriot' elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 21st Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 21st Road

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kid Krazy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 122 Mamie Fay School
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    980 feet
  2. Ralph Demarco Park
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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