21st Street & Jackson Avenue

The four-way crossing of 21st Street and Jackson Avenue is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 19 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island City Post Office is 370 feet away, and Short Triangle is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St, is about a minute on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 33 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
19 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St
40 feet · 1 min on foot · G
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
21 St/Jackson Av · Q67
Within a walk
12 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
21st Street & Jackson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St G
    40 feet
    G

Next trains at this station

Court Square
1 line
  1. G …
Brooklyn
1 line
  1. G …

Also within a walk

  1. Hunters Point Av 7
    1,010 feet
    7
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    1,070 feet
    7 E F G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/Jackson Av, 40 feet away, for the Q67.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/Jackson Av Q67
    40 feet
    Q67

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jackson Ave & 46 Rd 27 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    380 feet
  2. 22-44 Jackson Avenue Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    760 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 19 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 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, September 2014
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 2019

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 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 1988 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 374 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2024 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 2AM-5AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM

North side of Jackson Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Jackson Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 museum
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Gersh Academy-Aym School
    640 feet
  2. Millie’s World Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    800 feet
  3. Bunnyhill LIC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Murray Playground
    810 feet
  2. Short Triangle
    1,040 feet
  3. Notorious LIC Park
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. 46th Avenue Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. MoMA PS1 Museum
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Church of Christ House of worship
    710 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Post Office Listed historic place
    370 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 258/Ladder 115 Fire station
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    860 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,190 feet
  3. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and eight food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 21st Street or Jackson Avenue.

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