140th Street & 134th Avenue

The three-way junction of 140th Street and 134th Avenue is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hilton Holiday Gardens is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 135 Av/142 St, is 590 feet away for the Q40, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and four places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1959 and 1987, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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140th Street & 134th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 135 Av/142 St, 590 feet away, for the Q40.

  • 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 135 Av/142 St Q40
    590 feet
    Q40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q40 …

Live arrivals

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
    0.6 miles
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1,290 feet
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
21 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1959 and 1987.

Since 2014 at least 318 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Green leaf' Japanese flowering cherry.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 1 sign on these blocks
  • 1 rule

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

West side of 140th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Hilton Holiday Gardens Garden
    890 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.