39th Avenue & 27th Street

The four-way crossing of 39th 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. Evangel Christian Church is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, 39 Av-Dutch Kills, is about four minutes on foot, and seven subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
39 Av-Dutch Kills
1,060 feet · 4 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
1,070 feet
31 St/39 Av · Q102
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 3 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
39th Avenue & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 39 Av-Dutch Kills, 1,060 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 7 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 39 Av-Dutch Kills N, W
    1,060 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. Queensboro Plaza 7, N, W
    0.3 miles
    7 N W
  2. 36 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

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 31 St/39 Av, 1,070 feet away, for the Q102.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 31 St/39 Av Q102
    1,070 feet
    Q102

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q102 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 39th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 40 Ave & Crescent St 23 docks in all
    820 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 32-16 36th Avenue Charging for electric cars, 12 fast chargers
    0.6 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2022.

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
41 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2016 and November 2025, 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 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING HOTEL LOADING ZONE

North side of 39th Avenue

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

South side of 39th Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 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
    370 feet
  2. Growing Up Green Charter School
    640 feet
  3. Academy of American Studies School
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Our World Neighborhood Charter MS School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Windmill Community Garden
    620 feet
  2. Dutch Kills Playground
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Evangel Christian Church House of worship
    330 feet
  2. St Patricks Church House of worship
    770 feet
  3. Bosnian Hercegovinian Islamic Center House of worship
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Ladder 116 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. City Acres Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and seven 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 39th Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.