27th Street & Hoyt Avenue South

The four-way crossing of 27th Street and Hoyt Avenue South is in Astoria (Central), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Triborough Bridge Playground D is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, five of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria Blvd
920 feet · 4 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
790 feet
Hoyt Av/31 St · Q19
Within a walk
15 places
5 day care or pre-K sites, 5 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Street & Hoyt Avenue South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria Blvd, 920 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria Blvd N, W
    920 feet
    N W

Next trains at this station

Astoria
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

Also within a walk

  1. 30 Av N, W
    0.5 miles
    N W

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “I AM A RAINBOW TOO” (2020) by Jeffrey Gibson at the Astoria Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hoyt Av/31 St, 790 feet away, for the Q19.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hoyt Av/31 St Q19
    790 feet
    Q19

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q19 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hoyt Avenue South.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 31 St & Astoria Blvd 31 docks in all
    1,180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 30-02 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,130 feet
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, March 2024

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)
Astoria (Central)
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and June 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 27th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • Back-in parking only 2 signs BACK IN ANGLE PARKING ONLY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Hoyt Avenue South

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 day care or pre-K sites
  • 5 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New Milestone Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. Magnolia Daycare Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    170 feet
  3. Kid Krazy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
Show all 6
  1. Astoria Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    900 feet
  2. Academy of Hellenic Paideia Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
  3. Academy of the City Middle School
    1,090 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Triborough Bridge Playground E Park
    320 feet
  2. Triborough Bridge Playground D Park
    580 feet
  3. Hoyt Playground
    780 feet
Show all 7
  1. Triborough Bridge Playground C Park
    850 feet
  2. Columbus Square
    960 feet
  3. Triborough Bridge Playground B Playground
    1,090 feet
  4. Chappetto Square Park
    1,290 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady Mount Carmel LIC Church House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 27-40 Hoyt Avenue South Older adult center
    510 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and nine food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Street or Hoyt Avenue South.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.