18th St, Ditmars | Steinway

18th Street is short stretch between Astoria Park South and Astoria Boulevard with apartment buildings and a few lone 1-2 family houses. If you want to be close to the park and its amenities, especially the track, you have your best bet here. There are small delis and a laundromat, but not much else to speak of commercially except for LoRusso's on 27th Ave and 18th Street which is a good pizza joint (with some of the best focaccia around).

Yes, there is one section of 18th street near Con Ed and Shore Boulevard where the Astoria Houses are, but it is so small of a block it's an afterthought.