21st Street & 24th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 24th Avenue is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Park Pool and Play Center Bathhouse stands 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/24 Av, is 70 feet away for the Q69 and Q100, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them parks, and five places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
21 St/24 Av · Q69, Q100
Within a walk
6 places
3 parks, 2 playgrounds and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 24th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/24 Av, 70 feet away, for the Q69 and Q100.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …
  2. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 21st Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 19 St & 24 Ave 23 docks in all
    450 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2018

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,000 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 1935.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

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

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 4 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 24th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 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
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 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
    150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    470 feet
  2. Chappetto Square Park
    560 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    710 feet
Show all 5
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    1,100 feet
  2. Charybdis Playground
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 24th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.