21st Street & 31st Road

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 31st Road is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Baptist Church is 80 feet away, and Astoria Post Office is 1,200 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/31 Rd, is 70 feet away for the Q69, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day.

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

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/31 Rd, 70 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/31 Rd Q69
    70 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 17 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
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    840 feet
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

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

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 171 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of 21st Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 21st Street

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

North side of 31st Road

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 31st Road

  • 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 zone: 426141.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 post offices
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    310 feet
  2. Blue Apple Early Childhood Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    610 feet
  3. Long Island City High School
    1,160 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Health Playground
    730 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    80 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broadway Long Island Post Office
    650 feet
  2. Older adult center at 21-21 30th Drive Older adult center
    1,090 feet
  3. Astoria Post Office
    1,200 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 262 Fire station
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    990 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    620 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 15 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 31st Road.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.