23rd Avenue & 127th Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 127th Street is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. College Point Fields is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 23 Av/127 St, is 70 feet away for the Q25, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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23rd Avenue & 127th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 23 Av/127 St, 70 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 23 Av/127 St Q25
    70 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway southbound at Whitestone Expressway & Ulmer Street at Whitestone Expressway Turnaround, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 130-05 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11356
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
53 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 127th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of 127th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 field
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 029 Queens School
    550 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Point Fields Field
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. College Point Plaza Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.