123rd Avenue & 142nd Place

The four-way crossing of 123rd Avenue and 142nd Place is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jehovah Witnesses Baisley Park is 990 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 142 St/Rockaway Blvd, is 330 feet away for the Q40, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

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123rd Avenue & 142nd Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 142 St/Rockaway Blvd, 330 feet away, for the Q40.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 142 St/Rockaway Blvd Q40
    330 feet
    Q40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 134-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

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

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11436
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Baisley Park
Elevation
27 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - South Jamaica School
    840 feet
  2. The Ivy Academy Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Forty Playground
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Clement Pope Church House of worship
    480 feet
  2. Jehovah Witnesses Baisley Park House of worship
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 123-10 143rd Street Older adult center
    610 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 302/Ladder 155 Fire station
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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