37th Street & 21st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 37th Street and 21st Avenue is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 141 the Steinway is 270 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Steinway St/21 Av, is 570 feet away for the Q101, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
Steinway St/21 Av · Q101
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Street & 21st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Steinway St/21 Av, 570 feet away, for the Q101.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Steinway St/21 Av Q101
    570 feet
    Q101

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q101 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Steinway St & 21 Ave 15 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and November 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 21st Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 37th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 37th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 141 the Steinway School
    270 feet
  2. Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church of Long Island City Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Queens Lutheran School
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mushroom House Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinway Playground
    520 feet
  2. Woodtree Playground
    930 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Lidl Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles
  2. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Avenue or 37th Street.

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