21st Street & 44th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and 44th Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 700 feet to the 12th Street Plaza. The nearest subway, Court Sq-23 St, is about two minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Court Sq-23 St
540 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, G
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
21 St/44 Dr · B62, Q103
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & 44th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Court Sq-23 St, 540 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    540 feet
    7 E F G

Next trains at this station

Outbound
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. 21 St G
    0.4 miles
    G
  2. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Temple Quad Reliefs” (1992) by Frank Olt and “Stream” (2001) by Elizabeth Murray at the Court Sq-23 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/44 Dr, 500 feet away, for the B62 and Q103.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/44 Dr B62, Q103 · Shelter
    500 feet
    B62 Q103
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 43 Ave 27 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 1,240 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    1,160 feet
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 between 2014 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

North side of 44th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Eleven buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Italianate, and mostly built between 1871 and 1872.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Information Technology High School
    540 feet
  2. Bright Start Center Court Square Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet
  3. NY Kids Club Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 4
  1. Apex Technical School Trade or language school
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Murray Playground
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 12th Street Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    700 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Hunters Point Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 44th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.