21st Street & 25th Road

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 25th Road is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Triborough Bridge Playground B is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them parks, and 12 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
21 St/25 Rd · Q69
Within a walk
10 places
5 parks, 3 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 25th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.5 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/25 Rd, 70 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/25 Rd Q69
    70 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    320 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

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)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Street

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

North side of 25th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 25th Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    300 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    320 feet
  3. Chappetto Square Park
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    690 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    950 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    1,210 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 21st Street or 25th Road.

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