21st Street & 33rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 33rd Avenue is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City High School is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Broadway, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Broadway
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
21 St/Broadway · B62, Q69, Q100
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 33rd Avenue 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, 280 feet away, for the B62, Q69 and Q100.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Broadway B62, Q69, Q100
    280 feet
    B62 Q69 Q100

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

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    220 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

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)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and July 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

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

West side of 21st Street

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

North side of 33rd Avenue

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

South side of 33rd Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Long Island City High School
    510 feet
  2. Queensview Nursery School and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  3. Albert Shanker School for Visual and Performing Arts School
    860 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ravenswood Playground
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Baptist Church House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broadway Long Island Post Office
    520 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 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 signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 33rd Avenue.

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