21st Street & 23rd Terrace

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 23rd Terrace 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. Chappetto Square is 830 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/24 Av, is 240 feet away for the Q69 and Q100, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them parks, and four places to eat.

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21st Street & 23rd Terrace Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/24 Av, 240 feet away, for the Q69 and Q100.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/24 Av Q69, Q100 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Q69 Q100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …
  2. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 21st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 19 St & 24 Ave 23 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2022.

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
48 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 42 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 21st Street

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

North side of 23rd Terrace

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 23rd Terrace

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Art Moderne, and built between 1934 and 1936.

  1. Astoria Park Pool and Play Center Bathhouse Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    490 feet
  2. Chappetto Square Park
    830 feet
  3. Charybdis Playground
    920 feet
Show all 4
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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 Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.