27th Avenue & 8th Street

The three-way junction of 27th Avenue and 8th 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. Astoria Reformed Church is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 St/27 Av, is 40 feet away for the Q18, Q19 and Q103, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
8 St/27 Av · Q18, Q19, Q103
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 1 community center and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Avenue & 8th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 St/27 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q18, Q19 and Q103.

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

  • 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
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 26-19 2nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,140 feet
  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 eight 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,100 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 294 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of 27th Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No stopping 4 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of 8th Street

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

West side of 8th Street

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 community center
  • 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
    20 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Astoria Blue Feather School
    180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Two Coves Community Garden
    650 feet
  2. Hallets Cove Playground
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shore Towers Public space
    880 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    660 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    950 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Avenue or 8th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.