34th Avenue & 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 34th Avenue and 21st Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Ravenswood development, and is also named Lt. Paramedic Edith Elida Torres Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Police Service Area #9 Satellite is 630 feet away, and Ravenswood Community Center is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 21 St/34 Av, is 70 feet away for the Q69. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
20 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Queensboro Bridge
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
21 St/34 Av · Q69
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
34th Avenue & 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/34 Av, 70 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/34 Av Q69 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Q69
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day, every day.

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 34th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 34 Ave & 21 St 23 docks in all
    100 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 32-05 21st Street Gas station
    1,030 feet
  2. 31-99 33rd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11106
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22 and 26 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

This corner carries two co-namings: Lt. Paramedic Edith Elida Torres Way (Local Law 14 of 2021, enacted on January 17, 2021) and Manuel Mojica Avenue (Local Law 6 of 2003, enacted on January 7, 2003).

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,100 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 1950 and 1958.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Ravenswood development.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on each of these co-names.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules

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

East side of 21st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 21st Street

  • Authorized vehicles only 4 signs AVO DEPT OF SANITATION
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 34th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Msgr. Andrew Landi Early Childhood Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    790 feet
  2. Queensview Nursery School and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ravenswood Playground
    90 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ravenswood Library
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ravenswood Community Center
    1,150 feet

Fire and police

  1. Police Service Area #9 Satellite Police station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and two 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 nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street or 34th 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 Records, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.