24th Avenue & 27th Street

The four-way crossing of 24th Avenue and 27th Street is in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hoyt Playground is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about six minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 14 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1924 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,300 feet
Hoyt Av/Crescent St · Q19
Within a walk
8 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
24th Avenue & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    0.3 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-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hoyt Av/Crescent St, 1,300 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av/Crescent St Q19
    1,300 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 24 Ave & 26 St 19 docks in all
    320 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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 (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1924 and 1931.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and November 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 24th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 24th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 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 zone: 417344.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Start Child Learning Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  2. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet
  3. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,110 feet
Show all 5
  1. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. P.S. 085 Judge Charles Vallone School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hoyt Playground
    900 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Bohemian Hall and Park Listed historic place
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 24th Avenue or 27th Street.

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 Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.