Ditmars Boulevard & 27th Street

Ditmars Boulevard and 27th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St John's Prep School is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the N and W. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1923 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · N, W
Nearest bus stop
80 feet
Ditmars Blvd/27 St · Q69
Within a walk
5 places
3 religious buildings and 2 schools, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ditmars Boulevard & 27th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Astoria-Ditmars Blvd N, W
    0.3 miles
    N W

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
2 lines
  1. N …
  2. W …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Urban Idyll” (2019) by Elisabeth Condon at the Astoria-Ditmars Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/27 St, 80 feet away, for the Q69.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/27 St Q69
    80 feet
    Q69

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q69 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Crescent St & Ditmars Blvd 19 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway southbound at 46th Street & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 31-02 20th Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 23-11 30th Road Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 32-16 36th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11105
Community board
Queens Community Board 1
City Council district
22
Police precinct
114
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Astoria (North)-Ditmars-Steinway
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1923 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 27th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 27th Street

  • No parking 13 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Ditmars Boulevard

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

South side of Ditmars Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. St John's Prep School
    820 feet
  2. Immaculate Conception Catholic Acad School
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Saint Markella Cathedral House of worship
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet
  3. Citibank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Lincoln Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 27th Street or Ditmars Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.