Rockaway Boulevard & 125th Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 125th Street meet at a three-way junction in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 096 is 1,300 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/124 St, is 240 feet away for the Q7 and Q10, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

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Rockaway Boulevard & 125th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/124 St, 240 feet away, for the Q7 and Q10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/124 St Q7, Q10
    240 feet
    Q7 Q10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway southbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 128-24 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    1,180 feet
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11420
Community board
Queens Community Board 10
City Council district
28
Police precinct
106
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
34 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 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 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 411840 and 425151.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Al-Ishan Preschool School-based preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet
  2. Al-Ihsan Academy School
    1,280 feet
  3. P.S. 096 School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Catholic War Veterans Square
    1,040 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. South Ozone Park Library
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Ozone Park Post Office
    380 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Farm Boy Country Market Supermarket
    750 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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