143rd Street & Glassboro Avenue
The three-way junction of 143rd Street and Glassboro Avenue is in South Jamaica, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Brooks Methodist Church is 620 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 142 St/111 Av, is 590 feet away for the Q40, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 142 St/111 Av, 590 feet away, for the Q40.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 142 St/111 Av Q40590 feetQ40
Next buses at this stop
- Q40 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 114-02 Van Wyck Expressway Gas station0.5 miles
- 150-07 Archer Avenue Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 2022.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11435
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 103
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- South Jamaica
- Elevation
- 27 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 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the American basswood.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedNine public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 older adult centers
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 garden
Schools and child care
- Jennys Exploring Minds Daycare Pre-K920 feet
- P.S. 160 Walter Francis Bishop School940 feet
- Queens Transition Center School1,310 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Back To Eden Community Garden1,310 feet
Houses of worship
- Joy Church DLCF House of worship360 feet
- Brooks Methodist Church House of worship620 feet
Community centers and public services
- Brooks Senior Center Older adult center1,000 feet
- Older adult center at 143-22 109th Avenue Older adult center1,000 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four food stores.
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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 143rd Street & 110th Avenue 260 feet
- 143rd Street & Ferndale Avenue 260 feet
- 111th Avenue & 143rd Street 410 feet
- 111th Avenue & 110th Avenue 520 feet
- 111th Avenue & 144th Street 520 feet
- Pinegrove Street & Ferndale Avenue 590 feet
- 111th Avenue & 142nd Street 620 feet
- Inwood Street & Glassboro Avenue 630 feet
See every intersection along 143rd Street or Glassboro Avenue.