27th Avenue & 4th Street

The three-way junction of 27th Avenue and 4th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens, at the edge of NYCHA's Astoria development. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Astoria Community Center is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 27 Av/4 St, is 70 feet away for the Q18, Q19 and Q103, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
27 Av/4 St · Q18, Q19, Q103
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Avenue & 4th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 27 Av/4 St, 70 feet away, for the Q18, Q19 and Q103.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …
  2. Q19 …
  3. Q103 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 27th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 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
    1.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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 3,400 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 350 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Patriot' elm.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 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 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 community center
  • 1 field
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hallets Cove Playground
    960 feet
  2. Two Coves Community Garden
    980 feet
  3. Whitey Ford Field
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Avenue or 4th 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.