147th Place & 3rd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 147th Place and 3rd Avenue is in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens, and is also named Joseph M. Rota Place by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Francis Lewis Park is 420 feet away. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBy car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Cross Island Parkway & Whitestone Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 10-02 Clintonville Street Gas station0.7 miles
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11357
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 7
- City Council district
- 19
- Police precinct
- 109
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Whitestone-Beechhurst
- Elevation
- 36 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Joseph M. Rota Place, a co-naming enacted on June 14, 2007 (Local Law 28 of 2007).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 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 1945 and 1960.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Joseph M. Rota Place.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 9 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2019 and May 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 147th Place
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of 3rd Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
South side of 3rd Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 9PM-6AM ALL DAYS
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Francis Lewis Park420 feet
- Francis Lewis Playground860 feet
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 148th Street & 3rd Avenue 280 feet
- 147th Street & 3rd Avenue 330 feet
- 5th Avenue & 147th Place 550 feet
- 149th Street & 3rd Avenue 560 feet
- 147th Street & 4th Avenue 590 feet
- 149th Place & 3rd Avenue 800 feet
- 148th Street & 5th Avenue 840 feet
- 147th Street & 5th Avenue 850 feet
See every intersection along 147th Place or 3rd Avenue.