125th Street & 15th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 125th Street and 15th Avenue is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. College Point Post Office is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 15 Av/127 St, is 500 feet away for the Q76, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat.

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125th Street & 15th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 15 Av/127 St, 500 feet away, for the Q76.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 15 Av/127 St Q76
    500 feet
    Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 15-01 126th Street Gas station
    370 feet
  2. 121-26 14th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight Level 2 chargers
    1,110 feet
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11356
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
61 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1948.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 125th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of 15th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Mall Eighteen.

  1. College Point War Memorial Stele, 1930
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. College Point Collaborative School
    290 feet
  2. The Little Learning Center II Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. College Point Park
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Firemen's Hall Listed historic place
    890 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Fidelis RC Church House of worship
    380 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 13-28 123rd Street Older adult center
    880 feet
  2. College Point Post Office
    1,230 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,090 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    970 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 29 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.