Shore Boulevard & 21st Drive
Shore Boulevard and 21st Drive meet at a three-way junction in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. The corner is also named The Honorable Gloria D’Amico Place by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Wards Island Park is 1,160 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ditmars Blvd/21 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q69, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/21 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q69.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Ditmars Blvd/21 St Q69 · Shelter0.3 milesQ69
Next buses at this stop
- Q69 …
Cycling
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
- 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- 21 Ave & Shore Blvd 21 docks in all740 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station0.9 miles
- 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
- 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2020.
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
- 16 feet above sea level
This corner is also named The Honorable Gloria D’Amico Place, a co-naming enacted on December 17, 2013 (Local Law 131 of 2013).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on The Honorable Gloria D’Amico Place.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 14 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and September 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 21st Drive
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11:30AM-1PM
South side of 21st Drive
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
East side of Shore Boulevard
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11:30AM-1PM
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 parks
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Ralph Demarco Park70 feet
- Astoria Park330 feet
- Wards Island Park1,160 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Shore Boulevard & Ditmars Boulevard 270 feet
- Shore Boulevard & 21st Road 300 feet
- 19th Street & 21st Drive 670 feet
- Shore Boulevard & 21st Avenue 680 feet
- 19th Street & 21st Road 930 feet
- Ditmars Boulevard & 19th Street 940 feet
- Shore Boulevard & 20th Road 950 feet
- 21st Street & 21st Drive 1,100 feet
See every intersection along 21st Drive or Shore Boulevard.