143rd Street & 131st Avenue
The three-way junction of 143rd Street and 131st Avenue is in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Hilton Holiday Gardens is 430 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 143 St/130 Av, is 250 feet away for the Q40, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 143 St/130 Av, 250 feet away, for the Q40.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 143 St/130 Av Q40250 feetQ40
Next buses at this stop
- Q40 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 148-02 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station0.6 miles
- 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers0.3 miles
- 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars2.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 August 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
- 18 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. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1970.
Since 2014 at least 318 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.
Trees
NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 garden
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Hilton Holiday Gardens Garden430 feet
Supermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.
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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 133rd Avenue & 143rd Street 270 feet
- 130th Avenue & 143rd Street 270 feet
- 133rd Avenue & 144th Street 500 feet
- 130th Avenue & 144th Street 520 feet
- 142nd Street & 131st Avenue 540 feet
- 143rd Street & 129th Avenue 580 feet
- 135th Avenue & 143rd Street 650 feet
- 133rd Avenue & 145th Street 750 feet
See every intersection along 131st Avenue or 143rd Street.