149th Street & 27th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 149th Street and 27th Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Hart Playground is 250 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Willets Point Blvd/149 St, is 1,010 feet away for the Q61 and QM20, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 149th Street.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Willets Point Blvd/149 St, 1,010 feet away, for the Q61 and QM20.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Willets Point Blvd/149 St Q61, QM201,010 feetQ61 QM20
Next buses at this stop
- Q61 …
- QM20 …
Cycling
A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 149th Street.
- 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet, an on-street corral
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Cross Island Parkway & 149th Street, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 147-10 Northern Boulevard Gas station0.7 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.1 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2017.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2023
- Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11354
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 72 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1942 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in June 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 149th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
North side of 27th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
South side of 27th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Flushing Fields.
- Flushing World War Memorial Stele, 1935660 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 field
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 021 Edward Hart School410 feet
- J.H.S. 185 Edward Bleeker School670 feet
- The Corner School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K1,300 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hart Playground250 feet
- Flushing Fields Field270 feet
- Leonardo Ingravallo Playground920 feet
Supermarkets
- Met Fresh Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:
- 149th Street & 28th Avenue 260 feet
- 149th Street & 26th Avenue 270 feet
- 149th Street & 29th Avenue 520 feet
- 149th Street & 25th Drive 540 feet
- 147th Street & 27th Avenue 610 feet
- 149th Street & Bayside Avenue 840 feet
- 147th Street & 26th Avenue 860 feet
- 148th Street & 25th Drive 860 feet
See every intersection along 149th Street or 27th Avenue.