27th Street & 42nd Road

The four-way crossing of 27th Street and 42nd Road is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The sculpture “Sunbather” is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about two minutes on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 80 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
470 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
320 feet
28 St/42 Rd · Q69
Within a walk
3 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 park, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Street & 42nd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    470 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. Queens Plaza E, F, R
    870 feet
    E F R
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.3 miles
    7 E F G

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 28 St/42 Rd, 320 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 19 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 28 St/42 Rd Q69
    320 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 27 St & Hunter St 33 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 25-21 43rd Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    500 feet
  3. 45-40 Court Square West Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Long Island City-Hunters Point
Elevation
19 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 7,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 2015 and 2022.

Since 2014 at least 550 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Bloodgood' London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of 27th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING SATURDAY 7:30AM-7PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM

North side of 42nd Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 425305 and 426035.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at Jackson Avenue Streetscape.

  1. Sunbather Sculpture by Ohad Meromi, 2016
    680 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
  2. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rafferty Triangle
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    670 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Wells Fargo Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. City Acres Market Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    550 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 80 places to eat and 12 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 21 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Street or 42nd Road.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.