125th Street & Lax Avenue

The three-way junction of 125th Street and Lax Avenue is in College Point, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, College Point Blvd/7 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q25. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

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125th Street & Lax Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is College Point Blvd/7 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q25.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. College Point Blvd/7 Av Q25
    0.3 miles
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

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

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2020.

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
12 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the sweetgum.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 public space

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Riverview Public space
    100 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 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 Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.