East 21st Street & Quentin Road

East 21st Street and Quentin Road meet at a four-way crossing in Madison, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Corporal Wiltshire Square is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, Kings Hwy, is about six minutes on foot, for the B and Q. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Kings Hwy
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · B, Q
Nearest bus stop
210 feet
Quentin Rd/Ocean Av · B100
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 library and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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East 21st Street & Quentin Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Kings Hwy, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Kings Hwy B, Q
    0.3 miles
    B Q

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …
Southbound
2 lines
  1. B …
  2. Q …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Kings Highway Hieroglyphs” (1987) by Rhoda Andors at the Kings Hwy station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Quentin Rd/Ocean Av, 210 feet away, for the B100.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Quentin Rd/Ocean Av B100
    210 feet
    B100

Next buses at this stop

  1. B100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Shore Parkway & East 13th Street at Belt Parkway, 2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1981 Ocean Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1730 East 14th Street Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 2705 Nostrand Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11229
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 15
City Council district
48
Police precinct
61
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Madison
Elevation
17 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 24 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2015 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of East 21st Street

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

West side of East 21st Street

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

South side of Quentin Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built in 1766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. A2Z Happyland II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    540 feet
  2. Zoni Language Center Trade or language school
    620 feet
  3. Yeshivat Kinyan Torah School
    1,190 feet
Show all 5
  1. Alaphim Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,220 feet
  2. Kings Way Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Wiltshire Square
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Kings Highway Library
    910 feet
  2. Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Domino Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Green Forest Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Okka Foods Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along East 21st Street or Quentin Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.