21st Street & Hoyt Avenue South

The six-way junction of 21st Street and Hoyt Avenue South is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens, and is also named Karina Lariño Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 26 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Park 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 13 public places, five of them parks, and ten places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
13 hurt
26 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
21 St/Astoria Park South · Q19, Q69
Within a walk
13 places
5 parks, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & Hoyt Avenue South 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, 90 feet away, for the Q19 and Q69.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …
  2. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 21st Street, Astoria Park South and Hoyt Avenue South.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.6 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2017
  • Turn calming, December 2022

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
Elevation
28 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Karina Lariño Way, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Karina Lariño Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Astoria Park South

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Astoria Park South

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 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
    1,150 feet
  2. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  3. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    50 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    80 feet
  3. Chappetto Square Park
    440 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    470 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
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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, Astoria Park South or Hoyt Avenue South.

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, NYC Records, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.