26th Avenue & 4th Street

The three-way junction of 26th Avenue and 4th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Whitey Ford Field is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 27 Av/4 St, is 560 feet away for the Q18, Q19 and Q103, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
27 Av/4 St · Q18, Q19, Q103
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
26th Avenue & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 27 Av/4 St, 560 feet away, for the Q18, Q19 and Q103.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 27 Av/4 St Q18, Q19, Q103
    560 feet
    Q18 Q19 Q103

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …
  2. Q19 …
  3. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 26 Ave & 2 St 23 docks in all
    610 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1.1 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
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
14 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2012 and 2021.

Since 2014 at least 350 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

South side of 26th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 4th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 4th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 field
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 public space
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Alphabet City Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    770 feet
  2. Astoria Blue Feather Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,060 feet
  3. Nysarc NYC - Astoria Blue Feather School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Whitey Ford Field
    620 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shore Towers Public space
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Astoria Community Center
    1,220 feet
  2. Older adult center at 4-05 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

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, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 26th Avenue or 4th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.