21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway

The three-way junction of 21st Street and Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Queensbridge South development. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Queensbridge Park is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about three minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 11 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 21st Street.

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21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 680 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    680 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
    0.3 miles
    7 N W
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.4 miles
    7 E F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/Queens Plaza North, 80 feet away, for the Q66 and Q69.

  • 16 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Queens Plaza North Q66, Q69 · Shelter
    80 feet
    Q66 Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q66 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 21st Street.

  • 4 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
    300 feet

By car

A ramp to the Queensboro Bridge starts at this corner.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    420 feet
  2. 8-08 Queens Plaza South Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 500 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 2013.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Queensbridge Park
    50 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Queensbridge Library
    1,310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

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