21st Street & 40th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 40th Avenue is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Queensbridge North development. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about two minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day.

Safety record
27 hurt
37 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
450 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
21 St/41 Av · Q96
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 libraries and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 40th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 450 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    450 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. M …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.5 miles
    7 N W

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/41 Av, 340 feet away, for the Q96.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/41 Av Q96
    340 feet
    Q96

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q96 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Queens Plaza N 35 docks in all
    980 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 1,180 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 39-01 21st Street Gas station
    590 feet
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South 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 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2021
  • Safety Improvement Project, 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
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 600 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 in 1939.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and August 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

West side of 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

South side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 426248.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 libraries
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 30 Academy of Cultural Excellence Pre-K
    640 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    1,150 feet
  2. Queensbridge Library
    1,170 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 40th Avenue.

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