27th Avenue & Borough Place

The three-way junction of 27th Avenue and Borough Place is in Astoria (East)-Woodside (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Michael's Playground is 640 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and two places to eat. About 50 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1940, almost all in houses of one or two. Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
380 feet by car along the streets
Within a walk
1 place
1 playground, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Avenue & Borough Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bulova Ave & Brooklyn Queens Expressway W 19 docks in all
    830 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 28th Avenue & 30th Avenue, 380 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 69-05 30th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (East)-Woodside (North)
Elevation
31 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 50 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1940.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

West side of Borough Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. St. Michael's Playground
    640 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • 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 Borough Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC DOT, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.