24th Avenue & 24th Street

The four-way crossing of 24th Avenue and 24th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Triborough Bridge Playground D is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them parks, and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
21 St/24 Av · Q69, Q100
Within a walk
7 places
5 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
24th Avenue & 24th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.5 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/24 Av, 680 feet away, for the Q69 and Q100.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/24 Av Q69, Q100 · Shelter
    680 feet
    Q69 Q100
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …
  2. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 24th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 Ave & 26 St 19 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

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
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

North side of 24th Avenue

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

South side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 24th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 24th Street

  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    810 feet
  2. Chappetto Square Park
    810 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    820 feet
Show all 6
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    1,060 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    1,070 feet
  3. Astoria Park
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and three 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue or 24th Street.

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.