Living in Ditmars-Steinway: rent, commute and grades

Queens · Updated November 2026

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Rent in Ditmars-Steinway

$2,039 a month

Type of homeA room in a 2-bedroom, shared by two

A-Overall

Grades compare NYC neighborhoods with each other. How the grades work.

C+Walkability
The average home has 4.3 of 5 everyday needs within a 10-minute walk (grocery store, restaurant, cafe, subway station, park) and about 211 places to eat or shop.
B-Food and shopping
Within a 10-minute walk of the average home: about 64 places to eat, 22 kinds of cuisine, 2.3 large grocery stores and 128 open storefronts.
C-Parks and green space
93% of residents live within a 10-minute walk of a park of an acre or more, with about 119 acres of parkland within 1 km and about 372 street trees within 300 m of the average home.

A-Community
26% of households moved in since 2018, 16% are roommates sharing a home, 26% of residents are 22 to 34, and there are about 41 cafes and bars within a 10-minute walk of the average home.
B+Nightlife
About 31 bars, clubs and restaurants licensed to serve alcohol on site within a 10-minute walk of the average home.

A-Safety
3.3 murders, robberies, felony assaults and burglaries were reported per 1,000 residents in 2025 (158 in all).
C+Quiet
40 noise complaints to 311 per 1,000 residents in 2025, not counting helicopter complaints, and counting each address at most 12 days a year. That measures how often people complain, not how loud it is.
A-Building upkeep
7.1 serious housing code violations (class B or C) were issued in 2025 per 100 rented homes, and there were 4.2 heat or hot water complaints per 100 rented homes.

By subway or bus, arriving by 9:00 on a weekday:Under 30 min30 to 45 min45 to 60 minOver an hourDitmars-Steinway

Ditmars Boulevard is the main shopping street. A 2022 to 2023 city study counted 175 storefronts on it between 29th and 47th streets, with full-service restaurants the most common business. Source
North of the Grand Central Parkway, blocks of two- and three-story row houses and semi-detached buildings are common, according to the city's 2010 Astoria rezoning. Source
The neighborhood's Steinway name comes from the piano maker Steinway & Sons, which built a company town here in the 1870s with housing, a sawmill, a foundry, a piano factory and a piano case works. Source
The Steinway House at 18-33 41st Street, a granite country villa built about 1840, was home to the piano-making Steinway family until the 1920s. It became a city landmark in 1967. Source
The Lent Homestead at 78-03 19th Road is a stone Dutch Colonial farmhouse built about 1729 by Abraham Lent. It was designated a city landmark in 1966. Source
Bohemian Hall and Beer Garden, at 29-19 24th Avenue, belongs to the Bohemian Citizens' Benevolent Society, a Czech and Slovak community group formed in 1892. The hall's cornerstone was laid in 1910, and its outdoor bar and garden were finished in 1919. Source
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, on 31st Street at Ditmars Boulevard, is the last stop of the N train; the W also ends there on weekdays only. Source