153rd Street & 123rd Avenue
The four-way crossing of 153rd Street and 123rd Avenue is in Baisley Park, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Sutphin Playground is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Sutphin Blvd/123 Av, is 600 feet away for the Q6, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Sutphin Blvd/123 Av, 600 feet away, for the Q6.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Sutphin Blvd/123 Av Q6600 feetQ6
Next buses at this stop
- Q6 …
Cycling
- 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 149-20 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station0.4 miles
- 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers1 mile
- 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars2.4 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 June 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11434
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 12
- City Council district
- 28
- Police precinct
- 113
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Baisley Park
- Elevation
- 17 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 1925 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 97 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.
Monuments and public art
How landmarks are placedThe City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Baisley Pond Park.
- Baisley Pond Park Memorial Stele by James F. Walsh, 1921640 feet
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 223 Lyndon B. Johnson School1,160 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Baisley Pond Park490 feet
- Sutphin Playground720 feet
Supermarkets
- Food World Supermarket0.3 miles
- Western Beef Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 153rd Street & 124th Avenue 250 feet
- 153rd Street & 122nd Avenue 250 feet
- 152nd Street & 123rd Avenue 260 feet
- 155th Street & 123rd Avenue 420 feet
- 153rd Street & 121st Avenue 500 feet
- 153rd Street & 125th Avenue 520 feet
- Sutphin Boulevard & 123rd Avenue 570 feet
- 155th Street & 124th Avenue 610 feet
See every intersection along 123rd Avenue or 153rd Street.