23rd Avenue & 27th Street

The four-way crossing of 23rd Avenue and 27th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens, and is also named AKTINA FM Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Saint Markella Cathedral is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
1,150 feet · 4 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
950 feet
Ditmars Blvd/27 St · Q69
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
23rd Avenue & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 1,150 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    1,150 feet
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/27 St, 950 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/27 St Q69
    950 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 23rd Avenue.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 23 Ave & 27 St 21 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
41 feet above sea level

This corner is also named AKTINA FM Way, a co-naming enacted on July 29, 2018 (Local Law 139 of 2018).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on AKTINA FM Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 23rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 23rd Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 27th Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 27th Street

  • No parking 14 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 413650 and 425949.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 post office

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Markella Cathedral House of worship
    440 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woolsey Post Station Post office
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change 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:

See every intersection along 23rd Avenue or 27th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Records, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.