Van Brunt Road & East 21st Road

Van Brunt Road and East 21st Road meet at a three-way junction in Breezy Point-Belle Harbor-Rockaway Park-Broad Channel, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Broad Channel Library is 1,150 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd, is 1,180 feet away for the Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15 and two more, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them parks, and three places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest bus stop
1,180 feet
Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd · Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15, QM16 +1
Within a walk
6 places
2 parks, 1 library and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Van Brunt Road & East 21st Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd, 1,180 feet away, for the Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15, QM16 and QM17.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Cross Bay Blvd/W 17 Rd Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, QM15, QM16 +1
    1,180 feet
    Q52 SBS Q53 SBS QM15 QM16 QM17

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …
  2. Q53 SBS …
  3. QM15 …
  4. QM16 …
  5. QM17 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on East 21st Road and Van Brunt Road.

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11693
Community board
Queens Community Board 14
City Council district
32
Police precinct
100

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 90 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 1 library
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Broad Channel American Park
    250 feet
  2. Sunset Cove Park Nature area
    660 feet
  3. Broad Channel Park
    970 feet
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  1. Broad Channel Park Playground
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Broad Channel Library
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Broad Channel Post Office
    960 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • 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 East 21st Road.

Sources: NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYC Parks, NYC Technology and Innovation, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18–21, 2026.