172nd Street & Baisley Boulevard at 125th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 172nd Street, Baisley Boulevard and 125th Avenue is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. North Rochdale Playground is 810 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bedell St/Baisley Blvd, is 760 feet away for the Q85 and Q89, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

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172nd Street & Baisley Boulevard at 125th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bedell St/Baisley Blvd, 760 feet away, for the Q85 and Q89.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bedell St/Baisley Blvd Q85, Q89 · Shelter
    760 feet
    Q85 Q89
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q85 …
  2. Q89 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at North Conduit Avenue & 160th Street, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 168-07 Baisley Boulevard Gas station
    990 feet
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.1 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
27 and 28 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Baisley Park
Elevation
20 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 139 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese flowering cherry.

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 July 2022 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 125th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 125th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Baisley Boulevard

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

South side of Baisley Boulevard

  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 garden
  • 1 nature area
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Jermaine L. Green STEM Institute of Queens School
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. North Rochdale Playground
    810 feet
  2. Phoenix Gate Community Garden
    890 feet
  3. Gwen Ifill Park Nature area
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. Roy Wilkins Recreation Center Park
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.