14th Avenue & 142nd Street

The four-way crossing of 14th Avenue and 142nd Street is in College Point, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Holy Trinity RC Church Whitestone is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 14 Av/142 St, is 100 feet away for the Q76, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1955, almost all in houses of one or two.

Map

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14th Avenue & 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 14 Av/142 St, 100 feet away, for the Q76.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 14 Av/142 St Q76
    100 feet
    Q76

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q76 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound at Whitestone Expressway & 14th Avenue at 144th Place, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 130-15 14th Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

No 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 February 2026.

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)
College Point
Elevation
36 feet above sea level

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 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 5 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 14th Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 14th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. District 25 Pre-K Center at 14-45 143rd Street Pre-K center
    770 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Holy Trinity RC Church Whitestone House of worship
    750 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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