21st Street & 31st Drive

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 31st Drive is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 554 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day.

Safety record
5 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
21 St/Broadway · B62, Q69, Q100
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 31st Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Broadway, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Broadway 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 “Outlook” (2018) by Diane Carr at the Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/Broadway, 270 feet away, for the B62, Q69 and Q100.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Broadway B62, Q69, Q100 · Shelter · Countdown sign
    270 feet
    B62 Q69 Q100
    Shelter · Countdown sign

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q69 …
  3. Q100 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 31 Dr 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 31-99 33rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 554 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,125th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 286 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
9 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

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

Since 2014 at least 169 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 31st Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 31st Drive

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412325 and 419184.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    220 feet
  2. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    870 feet
  3. Long Island City High School
    900 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ideal Islamic School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Health Playground
    950 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broadway Long Island Post Office
    390 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 262 Fire station
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    730 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    360 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Emporium Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 31st Drive.

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