38th Avenue & 21st Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 21st Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The bas-relief sculpture “Diagonal Sonata” is 110 feet away, and Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, 21 St-Queensbridge, is about six minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 16 places to eat. A bus lane runs along 21st Street, all day.

Safety record
15 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
21 St-Queensbridge
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
21 St/38 Av · B62, Q66, Q69
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 21 St-Queensbridge, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. 21 St-Queensbridge M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. M …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. M …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/38 Av, 70 feet away, for the B62, Q66 and Q69.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/38 Av B62, Q66, Q69
    70 feet
    B62 Q66 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q66 …
  3. Q69 …

Live arrivals

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

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 21 St & 38 Ave 19 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 21st Street & Ed Koch Bridge Upper Roadway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 38-02 21st Street Gas station
    190 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

Within 820 feet of this corner are 34 homes, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green Vase' zelkova and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 21st Street

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

West side of 21st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 413399.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Long Island City Library.

  1. Diagonal Sonata Bas-relief sculpture by Toshio Sasaki, 2007
    110 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 111 Jacob Blackwell School
    530 feet
  2. Voice Charter School-Annex School
    530 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sixteen Oaks Grove Park
    320 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Long Island City Library
    140 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    1,060 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Long Island City Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    1,210 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 260 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 21st Street or 38th 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.