81st Street & 25th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 25th Avenue is in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Laguardia Landing Lights is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 25 Av/79 St, is 570 feet away for the Q47, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and five places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1965, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
570 feet
25 Av/79 St · Q47
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 2 religious buildings and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
81st Street & 25th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 25 Av/79 St, 570 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 25 Av/79 St Q47
    570 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 81st Street.

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 81 St & 24 Ave 19 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound at Astoria Boulevard North & Grand Central Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 82-06 Astoria Boulevard Gas station
    1,090 feet
  2. 82-20 Astoria Boulevard Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1,080 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11370
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
22
Police precinct
115
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
29 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A posted limit of 20 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1965.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and November 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 25th Avenue

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

South side of 25th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of 81st Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 81st Street

  • No parking 7 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

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Academy School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Laguardia Landing Lights Park
    210 feet
  2. Gorman Playground
    820 feet
  3. Louis C. Moser Playground
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Country Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Jackson Heights Shopping Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 25th Avenue or 81st Street.

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