27th Avenue & Humphreys Street

The four-way crossing of 27th Avenue and Humphreys Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St, is 940 feet away for the Q19, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.8 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
940 feet
Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St · Q19
Within a walk
9 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Avenue & Humphreys Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St, 940 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Astoria Blvd/Humphreys St Q19
    940 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 27th Avenue.

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Gillmore St & 27 Ave 18 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Ditmars Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 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 between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of 27th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Humphreys Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Humphreys Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Danna's Daycare 3k Center Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  2. Sco Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. McIntosh Neighborhood Association Garden
    730 feet
  2. Helen Marshall Playground
    860 feet
  3. Barclay Triangle
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Gabriels Church House of worship
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 98-19 Astoria Boulevard Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 316 Fire station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,080 feet
  2. Pioneer Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and six 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 of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Avenue or Humphreys 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.