21st Street & 36th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 36th Avenue is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Ravenswood development. Between 2021 and 2025, 35 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 470 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Ravenswood Community Center is 300 feet away, and Police Service Area #9 Satellite is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places and eight places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
35 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
36 Av/21 St · Q102
Within a walk
15 places
3 playgrounds, 3 schools and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 36th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av N, W
    0.4 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. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (2018) by Maureen McQuillan at the 36 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 Av/21 St, 40 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av/21 St Q102
    40 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 36th Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 3 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 36 Ave 19 docks in all
    230 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 36-42 21st Street Gas station
    510 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 35 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 470 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,224th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 352 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
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1959 and 1960.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ravenswood development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 36th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 36th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 416371.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 playgrounds
  • 3 schools
  • 2 libraries
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Msgr. Andrew Landi Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    1,020 feet
  3. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    1,020 feet
Show all 4
  1. Voice Charter School of New York School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    580 feet
  2. Ravenswood Playground
    890 feet
  3. Dutch Kills Playground
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Spirit Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ravenswood Library
    300 feet
  2. Long Island City Library
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ravenswood Community Center
    300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #9 Satellite Police station
    920 feet
  2. Engine 260 Fire station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 36th Avenue.

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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.