Metropolitan Avenue & 125th Street

Metropolitan Avenue and 125th Street meet at a three-way junction in Kew Gardens, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls is 150 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them schools, and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
No crashes
0 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Metropolitan Av/125 St · Q54
Within a walk
5 places
3 schools, 1 park and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & 125th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/125 St, 220 feet away, for the Q54.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Metropolitan Av/125 St Q54
    220 feet
    Q54

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q54 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound at 138th Street & Van Wyck Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street Gas station
    430 feet
  2. 80-25 126th Street Charging for electric cars, 31 Level 2 chargers and three fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 February 2019.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11415
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kew Gardens
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

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

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 125th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM

West side of 125th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY NOON-1:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 10AM-11:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bais Yaakov Academy for Girls School
    150 feet
  2. Tiferes Torah Institute School
    510 feet
  3. P.S. 054 Hillside School
    990 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Metro Triangle
    100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: 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 125th Street or Metropolitan Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.