143rd Street & Union Street
The four-way crossing of 143rd Street and Union Street is in Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lowell School is 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union St/26 Av, is 410 feet away for the Q20 and Q44 SBS, and eight bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and five places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union St/26 Av, 410 feet away, for the Q20 and Q44 SBS.
- 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union St/26 Av Q20, Q44 SBS410 feetQ20 Q44 SBS
Next buses at this stop
- Q20 …
- Q44 SBS …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on Union Street and Willets Point Boulevard.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & I 678, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 20-02 Parsons Boulevard Gas station0.5 miles
- 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11354
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19 and 20 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Murray Hill-Broadway Flushing
- Elevation
- 45 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1957.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2014 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 143rd Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Union Street
- No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Life-Skills Home Training Tutorial Program for Pre-Schoolers Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K660 feet
- Lowell School790 feet
- Life Skills Preschool790 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch1,080 feet
Supermarkets
- Hua Lian Supermarket Supermarket730 feet
- H Mart Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 25th Avenue & 143rd Street 280 feet
- Willets Point Boulevard & 144th Street 350 feet
- 25th Avenue & 144th Street 420 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 25th Avenue 520 feet
- 26th Avenue & Union Street 520 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 25th Road 540 feet
- Whitestone Expressway & 25th Avenue 720 feet
- Parsons Boulevard & 24th Avenue 850 feet
See every intersection along 143rd Street, 25th Road, Union Street or Willets Point Boulevard.