38th Avenue & 27th Street

The four-way crossing of 38th Avenue and 27th Street is in Queensbridge-Ravenswood-Dutch Kills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Dutch Kills Playground is 570 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about six minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
21 St/38 Av · B62, Q66, Q69
Within a walk
15 places
6 religious buildings, 5 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
38th Avenue & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Hellion Equilibrium” (2018) by Sarah Morris at the 39 Av-Dutch Kills station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 21 St/38 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the B62, Q66 and Q69.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 21 St/38 Av B62, Q66, Q69
    0.3 miles
    B62 Q66 Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. B62 …
  2. Q66 …
  3. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 38th Avenue.

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet, one of them an on-street corral
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 38 Ave & 29 St 19 docks in all
    470 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.

  1. 31-01 38th Avenue Gas station
    1,190 feet
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2018

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
43 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 17 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and January 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 27th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of 38th Avenue

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

South side of 38th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • 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.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. SCO Family of Services Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    100 feet
  2. P.S. 112 Dutch Kills School
    850 feet
  3. Energy Tech High School
    1,030 feet
Show all 6
  1. I.S. 204 Oliver W. Holmes School
    1,030 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School
    1,090 feet
  3. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Dutch Kills Playground
    570 feet
  2. Windmill Community Garden
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    310 feet
  2. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    800 feet
  3. St Patricks Church House of worship
    1,220 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    700 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and five food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Street or 38th Avenue.

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.