21st Street & 26th Road

The three-way junction of 21st Street and 26th Road is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing is 220 feet away, and Van Alst Playground is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/Astoria Blvd, is 380 feet away for the Q69 and Q100, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.2 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
21 St/Astoria Blvd · Q69, Q100
Within a walk
14 places
5 religious buildings, 4 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 26th Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/Astoria Blvd, 380 feet away, for the Q69 and Q100.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Astoria Blvd Q69, Q100
    380 feet
    Q69 Q100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …
  2. Q100 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    660 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
    0.5 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2023.

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 (Central)
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 21 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 26th Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 26th Road

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    630 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    650 feet
  3. Chappetto Square Park
    1,010 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    1,020 feet
  2. Van Alst Playground
    1,230 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    1,280 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    1,020 feet
  2. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 26th Road.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.