27th Street & Queens Plaza North

The four-way crossing of 27th Street and Queens Plaza North is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, Queensboro Plaza, is about a minute on foot, and eight subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 73 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Queens Plaza North.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Queensboro Plaza
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, N, W
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Queens Plaza South/27 St · Q100
Within a walk
5 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
27th Street & Queens Plaza North Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines at the nearest station
  • 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    100 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
    880 feet
    E F R
  2. Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G
    0.4 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 Queens Plaza South/27 St, 230 feet away, for the Q100.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Plaza South/27 St Q100
    230 feet
    Q100

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q100 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Queens Plaza North.

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Plaza N & Crescent St 44 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 1,120 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 4202 21st Street Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 25-42 Crescent Street Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2025
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11101
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108 and 114 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,900 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 2013 and 2017.

Since 2014 at least 159 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American hornbeam and the European hornbeam.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2021 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 27th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Queens Plaza North

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 3AM-6AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 418494.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    970 feet
  3. Atlas School
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    320 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Acres Market Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    390 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Street or Queens Plaza North.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.