23rd Avenue & 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 21st Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 122 Mamie Fay is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and nine places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
21 St/23 Av · Q69
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Avenue & 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.5 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/23 Av, 50 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/23 Av Q69 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 21st Street and 23rd Avenue.

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 23 Ave 22 docks in all
    50 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
    0.9 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 12 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 21st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 23rd Avenue

  • Carshare only 1 sign CARSHARE PARKING ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 23rd Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    880 feet
  2. P.S. 122 Mamie Fay School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park
    470 feet
  2. Charybdis Playground
    960 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Markella Cathedral House of worship
    1,160 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 21st Street or 23rd Avenue.

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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.