172nd Street & 140th Avenue
The three-way junction of 172nd Street and 140th Avenue is in Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. South Rochdale Playground is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Farmers Blvd/140 Av, is 1,010 feet away for the Q3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Farmers Blvd/140 Av, 1,010 feet away, for the Q3.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Farmers Blvd/140 Av Q31,010 feetQ3
Next buses at this stop
- Q3 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at North Conduit Avenue & 181st Street, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 137-02 Farmers Boulevard Gas station0.3 miles
- 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.
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
- 19 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 1930 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 5 religious buildings
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- PS 80 the Thurgood Marshall Magnet School of Multimedia and Communication School1,020 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- South Rochdale Playground1,070 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Rochdale Village Library1,230 feet
Supermarkets
- Ideal Food Basket Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.
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 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 171st Street & 140th Avenue 250 feet
- 173rd Street & 140th Avenue 250 feet
- 170th Street & 140th Avenue 500 feet
- 174th Street & 140th Avenue 500 feet
- 172nd Street & 137th Avenue 660 feet
- 169th Street & 140th Avenue 750 feet
- 175th Street & 140th Avenue 750 feet
- 171st Street & 143rd Road 800 feet
See every intersection along 140th Avenue or 172nd Street.