23rd Street & 27th Road

The three-way junction of 23rd Street and 27th Road is in Astoria (Central), Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Academy of the City Middle School is 790 feet away, and Triborough Bridge Playground C is 1,310 feet away. The nearest subway, 30 Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 18 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 26 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
30 Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
490 feet
Astoria Blvd/21 St · Q19
Within a walk
18 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 30 Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 30 Av N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Perasma I & II; Dappleganger” (2018) by Stephen Westfall at the 30 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/21 St, 490 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/21 St Q19
    490 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 5 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Newtown Ave & 23 St 27 docks in all
    190 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

No 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 June 2019.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11102
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the thornless honeylocust.

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 May 2016 and January 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 23rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 27th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 27th Road

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Young Women's Leadership School, Astoria School
    300 feet
  2. Academy of the City Middle School
    790 feet
  3. Discovery Lane Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,090 feet
Show all 6
  1. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  2. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  3. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Alst Playground
    960 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    1,310 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    1,310 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    450 feet
  2. Astoria Center of Israel Listed historic place
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Astoria Post Office
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    170 feet
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 26 places to eat and 12 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 of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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