26th Avenue & 12th Street

The three-way junction of 26th Avenue and 12th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Library is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 St/27 Av, is 1,210 feet away for the Q18, Q19 and Q103, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
1,210 feet
8 St/27 Av · Q18, Q19, Q103
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
26th Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 St/27 Av, 1,210 feet away, for the Q18, Q19 and Q103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St/27 Av Q18, Q19, Q103
    1,210 feet
    Q18 Q19 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …
  2. Q19 …
  3. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 12th Street.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Astoria Park S & Shore Blvd 33 docks in all
    730 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2022.

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)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 26th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 26th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Blue Feather Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Astoria Blue Feather School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Astoria Park Bugsys Dog Run
    690 feet
  2. Astoria Park
    740 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shore Towers Public space
    70 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    870 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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 12th Street or 26th Avenue.

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