21st Street station

The 21st Street station is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 21st Street and Jackson Avenue in the section of Long Island City, Queens, it is served by the G train at all times.
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Metro station
  • Description: New York City Subway station in Queens
  • Also known as: “21st Street”, “21 St”, “21st Street–Van Alst”, “21st Street-Van Alst”, “Van Alst Avenue-21st Street”, and “Van Alst Avenue−21st Street”
  • Address: New York, NY 11101
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include MoMA PS1 and Hunterspoint Avenue station.

Museum
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is a contemporary art institution at 22-01 Jackson Avenue in the neighborhood of in New York City, United States. In addition to its exhibitions, the institution organizes the Sunday Sessions performance series, the Warm Up summer music series, and the Young Architects Program with the . is situated 820 feet northeast of 21st Street station.

Railway station
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Hunterspoint Avenue is a station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road, within the City Terminal Zone. It is located at 49th Avenue between 21st Street and Skillman Avenue in the and neighborhoods of , . is situated 950 feet southeast of 21st Street station.

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The headquarters of the United Nations is on 17 to 18 acres of grounds in the Turtle Bay neighborhood of in . It borders First Avenue to the west, 42nd Street to the south, 48th Street to the north, and the to the east. is situated 1 mile west of 21st Street station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Long Island City and Astoria and Sunnyside.

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Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of . It is bordered by to the north; the to the west; to the east; and , which separates Queens from , to the south.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in the western portion of the borough of . It shares borders with and to the west, to the north, to the east and to the south.

Neighborhood
Long Island City is a neighborhood within the New York City borough of . It is bordered by to the north; the to the west; to the east; and , which separates Queens from , to the south.

21st Street station

Latitude
40.74407° or 40° 44′ 39″ north
Longitude
-73.94972° or 73° 56′ 59″ west
Inception
August 19th, 1933
Operator
New York City Transit Authority
Network
NYC Subway
Open location code
87G8P3V2+J4
Open­Street­Map ID
node 277047076
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q2236599
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Ukrainian—“21st Street station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “21街車站”
  • Dutch: “21st Street (Crosstown Line)”
  • Dutch: “21st Street”
  • Esperanto: “Stacio 21-a Strato”
  • French: “21ème Rue”
  • French: “21st Street”
  • Italian: “21st Street”
  • Japanese: “21丁目駅”
  • Polish: “21st Street”
  • Russian: “21-я улица (линия Кросстаун, Ай-эн-ди)”
  • Russian: “21-я улица”
  • Spanish: “Calle 21 (línea Crosstown)”
  • Spanish: “Calle 21”
  • Ukrainian: “21-ша вулиця”

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