37th Avenue & 27th Street

The three-way junction of 37th Avenue and 27th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Dutch Kills Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, 36 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them schools, and 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
36 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
36 Av/Crescent St · Q102
Within a walk
9 places
3 schools, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
37th Avenue & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 36 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av N, W
    0.3 miles
    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. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    0.4 miles
    N W
  2. 36 St M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Crystal Blue Persuasion” (2018) by Maureen McQuillan at the 36 Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 36 Av/Crescent St, 870 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 36 Av/Crescent St Q102
    870 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 28 St & 36 Ave 29 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Queensboro Bridge at 22nd Street, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 September 2024.

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
37 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 65 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and August 2018, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 27th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 37th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    320 feet
  2. Energy Tech High School
    510 feet
  3. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes School
    510 feet
Show all 5
  1. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
  2. Peoplentech Institute of Infomration Trade or language school
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dutch Kills Playground
    40 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    710 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    640 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 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 37th 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.