27th Avenue & 12th Street

The four-way crossing of 27th Avenue and 12th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Reformed Church is 250 feet away, and Van Alst Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 St/27 Av, is 590 feet away for the Q18, Q19 and Q103, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
590 feet
8 St/27 Av · Q18, Q19, Q103
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 2 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Avenue & 12th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 St/27 Av, 590 feet away, for the Q18, Q19 and Q103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St/27 Av Q18, Q19, Q103
    590 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 and 27th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 Ave & 9 St 40 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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)
Old Astoria-Hallets Point
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 20 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 12th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 27th Avenue

  • No stopping 6 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 dog run
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Astoria Blue Feather Early Learning Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    600 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Astoria Blue Feather School
    640 feet
  3. P.S. 171 Peter G. van Alst School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Two Coves Community Garden
    830 feet
  2. Van Alst Playground
    1,260 feet
  3. Astoria Park Bugsys Dog Run
    1,310 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shore Towers Public space
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    250 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    370 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and six 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 12th Street or 27th 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, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.