Baxter Avenue & Layton Street

Baxter Avenue and Layton Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Dunningham Triangle is 720 feet away. The nearest subway, Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them parks, and 63 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1959, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
3 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Elmhurst Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Broadway/78 St · Q53 SBS
Within a walk
10 places
2 parks, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Baxter Avenue & Layton Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Elmhurst Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    1,020 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    1,130 feet
    7
  2. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Broadway/78 St, 770 feet away, for the Q53 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/78 St Q53 SBS
    770 feet
    Q53 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 41 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 4 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1959.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Baxter Avenue (west side).

East side of Baxter Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Layton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Layton Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464174 and 465220.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Star America Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    310 feet
  2. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,070 feet
  3. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    540 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    720 feet
  3. Moore Homestead Playground
    1,040 feet
Show all 4
  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    1,170 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    870 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst A Post Office
    270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    460 feet

Supermarkets

  1. SF Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    940 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Baxter Avenue or Layton Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.