147th Avenue & 243rd Street
The five-way junction of 147th Avenue and 243rd Street is in Rosedale, Queens, and is also named Sheila Pecoraro Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rosedale Post Office is 910 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 147 Av/Huxley St, is 20 feet away for the Q111, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 147 Av/Huxley St, 20 feet away, for the Q111.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 147 Av/Huxley St Q11120 feetQ111
Next buses at this stop
- Q111 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at Sunrise Highway & Belt Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 243-04 South Conduit Avenue Gas station0.8 miles
- 139-15 Francis Lewis Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers0.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11422
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 31
- Police precinct
- 116
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Rosedale
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Sheila Pecoraro Way, a co-naming enacted on August 10, 2015 (Local Law 76 of 2015).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Sheila Pecoraro Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2022, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of Huxley Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 library
- 1 park
- 1 post office
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Brookville Park1,030 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Rosedale Library1,080 feet
Community centers and public services
- Rosedale Post Office910 feet
Supermarkets
- Associated Supermarkets Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and five food stores.
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 of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 147th Road & Huxley Street 280 feet
- 147th Avenue & 245th Street 290 feet
- 147th Avenue & Edgewood Avenue 410 feet
- 243rd Street & Newhall Avenue 460 feet
- 241st Street & Huxley Street 560 feet
- 147th Drive & Huxley Street 570 feet
- 245th Street & Newhall Avenue 600 feet
- 147th Avenue & 240th Street 670 feet
See every intersection along 147th Avenue, 243rd Street or Huxley Street.