142nd Street & 15th Avenue

The three-way junction of 142nd Street and 15th Avenue is in College Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frank Golden Park is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/142 St, is 840 feet away for the Q76, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places. About 130 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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142nd Street & 15th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/142 St, 840 feet away, for the Q76.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/142 St Q76
    840 feet
    Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 130-15 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
College Point
Elevation
13 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 130 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 1945 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Lincoln Technical Institute Trade or language school
    720 feet
  2. District 25 Pre-K Center at 14-45 143rd Street Pre-K center
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank Golden Park
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity RC Church Whitestone House of worship
    510 feet

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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five 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 Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.