21st Street & Hoyt Avenue North

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and Hoyt Avenue North is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens, at the edge of Astoria Park. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Chappetto Square is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them parks, and three places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along one of the streets meeting here.

Safety record
14 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
470 feet
21 St/Astoria Park South · Q19, Q69
Within a walk
8 places
5 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & Hoyt Avenue North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd 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 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/Astoria Park South, 470 feet away, for the Q19 and Q69.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Astoria Park South Q19, Q69
    470 feet
    Q19 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 21st Street and Hoyt Avenue North.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & Hoyt Ave S 33 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 26 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway; the corner is on the edge of the Astoria Park area
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 24 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 21st Street

  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Hoyt Avenue North

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hoyt Avenue North

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Chappetto Square Park
    50 feet
  2. Astoria Park
    80 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    100 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    490 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    720 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    980 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or Hoyt Avenue North.

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