27th Street & Queens Plaza
The four-way crossing of 27th Street and Queens Plaza is in Long Island City-Hunters Point, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The city lists it as a Vision Zero priority intersection. 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 77 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredSubway
The nearest subway station is Queensboro Plaza, 200 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.
- 3 lines at the nearest station
- 8 lines within a ten-minute walk
- Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W200 feet7 N W
Next trains at this station
Outbound
1 line- 7 …
Manhattan
3 lines- 7 …
- N …
- W …
Astoria
2 lines- N …
- W …
Also within a walk
- Queens Plaza E, F, R780 feetE F R
- Court Sq-23 St 7, E, F, G0.3 miles7 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, 130 feet away, for the Q100.
- 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Queens Plaza South/27 St Q100130 feetQ100
Next buses at this stop
- Q100 …
Cycling
- 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
- 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk
Nearest bike-share station
- Queens Plaza N & Crescent St 44 docks in all500 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 43-10 Van Dam Street Gas station0.6 miles
- 44-28 Purves Street Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger0.5 miles
- 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2019.
The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.
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
- 24 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 4,800 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 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American hornbeam.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Bright Horizons at Long Island City Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K420 feet
- PlayHouse NYC Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K950 feet
- District 30 Pre-K Center at 27-35 Jackson Avenue Pre-K center1,140 feet
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- Atlas School1,170 feet
Bank branches
- Citizens Bank Bank branch420 feet
- Chase Bank branch450 feet
Supermarkets
- City Acres Market Supermarket790 feet
- Foodcellar & Co. Supermarket1,170 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy300 feet
Other stores
- Target Store0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 77 places to eat and 13 food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 27th Street & Queens Plaza South 100 feet
- 27th Street & Queens Plaza North 100 feet
- 28th Street & Queens Plaza 260 feet
- Queens Plaza South & Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path 270 feet
- Crescent Street & Queens Plaza South 350 feet
- 28th Street & Queens Plaza South 350 feet
- 28th Street & Queens Plaza North 350 feet
- Queensboro Bridge & Crescent Street 360 feet
See every intersection along 27th Street or Queens Plaza.