143rd Street & 144th Street

The three-way junction of 143rd Street and 144th Street 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. Jehovah Witnesses Baisley Park is 550 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Rockaway Blvd/143 St, is 690 feet away for the Q7 and Q40, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.

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143rd Street & 144th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/143 St, 690 feet away, for the Q7 and Q40.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/143 St Q7, Q40 · Shelter
    690 feet
    Q7 Q40
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …
  2. Q40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 148-02 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2023.

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
  • One of the streets is one-way

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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Ivy Academy Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Jehovah Witnesses Baisley Park House of worship
    550 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Engine 302/Ladder 155 Fire station
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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 9 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.