25th Avenue & Butler Street

The four-way crossing of 25th Avenue and Butler Street is in East Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Helen Marshall Playground is 1,290 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Ditmars Blvd/27 Av, is 790 feet away for the Q23 and Q90, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and three places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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25th Avenue & Butler Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ditmars Blvd/27 Av, 790 feet away, for the Q23 and Q90.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ditmars Blvd/27 Av Q23, Q90
    790 feet
    Q23 Q90

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q23 …
  2. Q90 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Butler St & 27 Ave 18 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Ditmars Boulevard, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 101-08 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 99-111 Ditmars Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. LaGuardia Airport Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six 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 June 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11369
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
East Elmhurst
Elevation
46 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 400 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 1925 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the mulberry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2015 and February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 25th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 25th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Butler Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Butler Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Danna's Daycare 3k Center Pre-K
    380 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Helen Marshall Playground
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

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