21st Street & 30th Drive

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 30th Drive is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Baptist Church is 630 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/31 Av, is 440 feet away for the Q69, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
1.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
21 St/31 Av · Q69
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 30th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/31 Av, 440 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/31 Av Q69 · Shelter
    440 feet
    Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 23 St & 31 Ave 19 docks in all
    840 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2019

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of 21st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO FIRE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

West side of 21st Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 30th Drive

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 30th Drive

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    940 feet
  3. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Alst Playground
    920 feet
  2. Astoria Health Playground
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    630 feet
  2. Astoria Methodist Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 21-21 30th Drive Older adult center
    420 feet
  2. Astoria Post Office
    530 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 262 Fire station
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 30th Drive.

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.