27th Avenue & 9th Street

The three-way junction of 27th Avenue and 9th Street is in Old Astoria-Hallets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 8 St/27 Av, is 240 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 seven places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
1.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 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 & 9th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 8 St/27 Av, 240 feet away, for the Q18, Q19 and Q103.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 8 St/27 Av Q18, Q19, Q103
    240 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 27th Avenue and 9th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 Ave & 9 St 40 docks in all
    40 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
    0.7 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer 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 January 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
52 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 91 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 8 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 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 9th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 9th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    250 feet
  2. Nysarc NYC - Astoria Blue Feather School
    290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Two Coves Community Garden
    880 feet
  2. Hallets Cove Playground
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Shore Towers Public space
    650 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Astoria Library
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Astoria Reformed Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. St Georges Episcopal Church Astoria House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Astoria Community Center
    1,190 feet
  2. Older adult center at 4-05 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and five 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 9th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.