27th Avenue & 2nd Street

The three-way junction of 27th Avenue and 2nd Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Astoria development. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Whitey Ford Field is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 27 Av/2 St, is 60 feet away for the B62, 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
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
27 Av/2 St · B62
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 community center and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Avenue & 2nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 27 Av/2 St, 60 feet away, for the B62.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 27 Av/2 St B62
    60 feet
    B62

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 27th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 Ave & 3 St 19 docks in all
    370 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1 mile
  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
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight 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 August 2024.

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
10 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

The corner stands at the edge of NYCHA's Astoria development.

Since 2014 at least 431 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Amur maackia.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 2nd Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 2nd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 6AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

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 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Alphabet City Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    380 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
    610 feet
  2. Hallets Cove Playground
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Astoria Community Center
    1,090 feet
  2. Older adult center at 4-05 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    1,090 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Avenue or 2nd Street.

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