27th Street & 40th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 27th Street and 40th Avenue is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Evangel Christian Church is 260 feet away. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,120 feet
31 St/40 Av · Q108
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 3 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Street & 40th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    1,170 feet
    7 N W

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
3 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. N …
  3. W …
Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W
  2. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    0.3 miles
    E F R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Columns” (2000) by Sydney Cash at the Queensboro Plaza station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 31 St/40 Av, 1,120 feet away, for the Q108.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 St/40 Av Q108
    1,120 feet
    Q108

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q108 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 Ave & Crescent St 23 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 40-40 Crescent Street Gas station
    810 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.7 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2014 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 27th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

North side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 40th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden

Schools and child care

  1. Academy of American Studies School
    420 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School
    570 feet
  3. Atlas School
    770 feet
Show all 4
  1. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    700 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    260 feet
  2. St Patricks Church House of worship
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 24 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Street or 40th Avenue.

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