168th Street & 142nd Avenue

The three-way junction of 168th Street and 142nd Avenue is in Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, Guy R Brewer Blvd/144 Av, is 640 feet away for the Q115, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and three places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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168th Street & 142nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Guy R Brewer Blvd/144 Av, 640 feet away, for the Q115.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Guy R Brewer Blvd/144 Av Q115
    640 feet
    Q115

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q115 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway westbound at North Conduit Avenue & 160th Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 162-35 North Conduit Avenue Gas station
    1,010 feet
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    1.5 miles
  3. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

No police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village
Elevation
14 feet above sea level

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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Supermarkets

  1. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

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