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Directions to the Region 2 Office

Region 2 - Long Island City

NYSDEC Region 2 Office
1 Hunters Point Plaza
47-40 21st Street
Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 482-4900

By Subway:

Take the No. 7 train to the Hunter's Point Ave. station. Leaving the station, walk towards the Empire State Building until the first intersection (Hunter's Point Ave and 21st Street) and take a RIGHT on to 21st Street. The NYSDEC Region 2 office is the first building across the street on 21st Street (it is tan/brown in color and named "Hunters Point Plaza").

By Car:

** Please note that there is only limited on-street parking **

From Manhattan

  • Take Queens-MidTown Tunnel and use the far right tollbooths
  • Take the FIRST exit after the tollbooths (21st Street)
  • Make a RIGHT onto Borden Ave and go until Jackson Ave.
  • Take a RIGHT on to Jackson Ave, staying to the right to remain on Jackson Ave.
  • Go through 3 lights (passing Pulaski Bridge on the right) and the back of Hunters Point Plaza will be on your right
  • At the 4th light, take a RIGHT to bring you up to 21st Street
  • Take a RIGHT onto 21st Street and Hunters Point Plaza is on your right, the first building

From Brooklyn & Staten Island

  • (From Staten Island, take the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge into Brooklyn)
  • Take the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (BQE) to Exit 31 (McGuiness Ave)
  • Off the ramp, take a LEFT onto McGuiness Ave. and follow it over the Pulaski Bridge
  • On the other side of the Pulaski Bridge, take a RIGHT onto Jackson Ave.
  • At the FIRST light, take a RIGHT to bring you up to 21st Street
  • Take a RIGHT onto 21st Street and Hunters Point Plaza is on your right, the first building

From Long Island

  • Take the Long Island Expressway WEST to the last exit before the MidTown Tunnel (Van Dam St)
  • Follow the exit ramp, go straight through the lights, paralleling the elevated roadway until you have to make a slight LEFT on to Borden Ave (basically just to get on the other side of the elevated roadway)
  • Continue on Borden Ave (passing entrance to LIE Eastbound) until Jackson Ave.
  • Take a RIGHT on to Jackson Ave, staying to the right to remain on Jackson Ave.
  • Go through 3 lights (passing Pulaski Bridge on the right) and the back of Hunters Point Plaza will be on your right
  • At the 4th light, take a RIGHT to bring you up to 21st Street
  • Take a RIGHT onto 21st Street and Hunters Point Plaza is on your right, the first building

From Upstate NY

  • The New York State Thruway becomes the Major Deegan Expressway
  • Follow signs for the Triborough Bridge to Queens
  • Take the FIRST exit (31st Street) off the bridge. Following the exit ramp,go straight (passing the municipal parking lot on your right)
  • At the first light, make a RIGHT onto Astoria Blvd.
  • Continue on Astoria Blvd until 21st Street (about 4 lights)
  • Make a LEFT onto 21st Street and go until 47-40 21st St. (you'll go under Queensboro Bridge and passed a US Post Office)
  • Page applies to Region 2
  • Contact for this Page:
  • Division of Public Affairs and Education
    Region 2
    47-40 21st Street
    Long Island City, NY 11101-5407
    718-482-4900