27th Avenue & 14th Street

The four-way crossing of 27th Avenue and 14th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria is 140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/14 St, is 460 feet away for the Q19, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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27th Avenue & 14th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/14 St, 460 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/14 St Q19
    460 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 14th Street and 27th Avenue.

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 Ave & 9 St 40 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

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

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 January 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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 35 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

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

East side of 14th Street

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

West side of 14th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 27th Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Two Coves Community Garden
    1,040 feet
  2. Van Alst Playground
    1,080 feet
  3. Astoria Park
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shore Towers Public space
    920 feet

Health care

  1. New York Center for Rehabilitation & Nursing Nursing home or hospice
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    440 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    140 feet
  2. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 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:

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.