21st Street & 27th Avenue

The six-way junction of 21st Street and 27th Avenue is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 34 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria is 610 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day.

Safety record
18 hurt
34 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
21 St/Astoria Blvd · Q69, Q100
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 27th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. 30 Av N, W
    0.5 miles
    N 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/Astoria Blvd, 70 feet away, for the Q69 and Q100.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Astoria Blvd Q69, Q100
    70 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

  • 8 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. Newtown Ave & 23 St 27 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 34 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, January 2022

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
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 32 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 68 signs on these blocks
  • 24 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and August 2022; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    610 feet
  2. Academy of the City Middle School
    900 feet
  3. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 5
  1. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet
  2. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Alst Playground
    800 feet
  2. Astoria Park
    1,050 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    1,080 feet

Health care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    860 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    820 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Astoria Post Office
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    410 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street, 27th Avenue, Astoria Boulevard or Newtown 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.