143rd Street & Bayside Avenue

The three-way junction of 143rd Street and Bayside Avenue is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mitchell-Linden Library is 740 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bayside Av/Union St, is 250 feet away for the Q16, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Whitestone Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
250 feet
Bayside Av/Union St · Q16
Within a walk
22 places
15 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
143rd Street & Bayside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bayside Av/Union St, 250 feet away, for the Q16.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bayside Av/Union St Q16
    250 feet
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 January 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2016 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Bayside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Bayside Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Tudor Revival, and built in 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    300 feet
  2. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    920 feet
  3. Happy Dragon of New York Preschool
    1,060 feet
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  1. KA of Flushing Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    360 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Chong Ha Sang RC Church House of worship
    920 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Linden Hill Post Office
    420 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    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 and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 143rd Street or Bayside Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.