Ditmars Boulevard & 28th Street

Ditmars Boulevard and 28th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Steinway Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 60 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Ditmars Blvd/27 St · Q69
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmars Boulevard & 28th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    1,170 feet
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/27 St, 330 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/27 St Q69
    330 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Ditmars Blvd 24 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2018

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
49 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

East side of 28th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 28th Street

  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Ditmars Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Ditmars Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 412829 and 418478.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Immaculate Conception Catholic Acad School
    610 feet
  2. St John's Prep School
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Steinway Library
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Catherine & St George Church House of worship
    1,090 feet
  2. Saint Markella Cathedral House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woolsey Post Station Post office
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    370 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    770 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    720 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 28th Street or Ditmars Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.