50th Avenue & 21st Street

The six-way junction of 50th Avenue and 21st Street is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Notorious LIC Park is 360 feet away. The nearest subway, Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places and 15 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 2007 and 2016, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av
810 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
860 feet
Jackson Av/11 St · T323
Within a walk
5 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 park and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
50th Avenue & 21st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av, 810 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Vernon Blvd-Jackson Av 7
    810 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. Hunters Point Av 7
    1,080 feet
    7
  2. 21 St G
    0.3 miles
    G

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jackson Av/11 St, 860 feet away, for the T323.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jackson Av/11 St T323
    860 feet
    T323

Next buses at this stop

  1. T323 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jackson Ave & 50 Ave 32 docks in all
    960 feet

By car

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

  1. 21-10 46th Road Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 5-19 Borden Avenue Charging for electric cars, 38 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 2007 and 2016.

Since 2014 at least 59 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Eight trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the cherry and the English oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 21st Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 2AM-5AM

North side of 50th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Birch Family - Long Island City Earl School
    1,170 feet
  2. Birch Family Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Notorious LIC Park
    360 feet
  2. Old Hickory Playground
    1,160 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Church 49 Ave LIC House of worship
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    920 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Urban Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  2. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and one food store.

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 21st Street, 50th Avenue, I 495 or Long Island Expressway.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.