28th Avenue & Steinway Street

The four-way crossing of 28th Avenue and Steinway Street is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 41 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2026, 568 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Almadinah School QNS is 1,250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Steinway St/28 Av, is 60 feet away for the Q101, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and 82 places to eat.

Safety record
29 hurt
41 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Steinway St/28 Av · Q101
Within a walk
6 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
28th Avenue & Steinway Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/28 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/28 Av Q101 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Q101
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 65 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Steinway St & 28 Ave 25 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-08 30th Avenue Gas station
    910 feet
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 41 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 568 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
69 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1941.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 76 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 13 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 28th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9AM-9:30AM

South side of 28th Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDA 9AM-9:30AM

East side of Steinway Street

  • Metered parking 11 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of Steinway Street

  • Metered parking 16 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM SATURDAY 8:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 418503, 423425, 423426 and 426140.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Diki Wonderland Childcare Center Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    720 feet
  2. Bumtterbee Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,100 feet
  3. Almadinah School QNS School
    1,250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,050 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    210 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    680 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 82 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 28th Avenue or Steinway Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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.