Steinway Street & Astoria Boulevard South

Steinway Street and Astoria Boulevard South meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 5,041 red-light camera tickets were recorded here. The Engine 263/Ladder 117 firehouse is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Astoria Blvd/Steinway St · M60 SBS, Q19
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Steinway Street & Astoria Boulevard South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/Steinway St, 50 feet away, for the M60 SBS and Q19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/Steinway St M60 SBS, Q19
    50 feet
    M60 SBS Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. M60 SBS …
  2. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 25 Ave & 41 St 23 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-20 Astoria Boulevard South Gas station
    1,050 feet
  2. 30-10 35th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 34-54 44th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2017
  • Turn calming, August 2022

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 5,041 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 33rd most of the 200 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 1,870 more were issued.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket20252026 so far
Westbound on Astoria Boulevard South2,853785
Eastbound on Astoria Boulevard South2,1881,085
Total5,0411,870

Every corner with red-light camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11103
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1922 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

Meters on the blocks meeting at this corner are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Steinway Street (east side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Steinway Street (west side).

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 426140 and 426711.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Almadinah School QNS School
    300 feet
  2. Bumtterbee Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ditmars Playground
    1,250 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 263/Ladder 117 Fire station
    660 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Berry Fresh Farm Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Astoria Boulevard South or Steinway Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.