32nd Avenue & 143rd Street

The three-way junction of 32nd Avenue and 143rd Street is in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Paul Chong Ha Sang RC Church is 530 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Bayside Av/Union St, is 520 feet away for the Q16, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, 15 of them religious buildings, and seven places to eat.

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32nd Avenue & 143rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bayside Av/Union St, 520 feet away, for the Q16.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bayside Av/Union St Q16
    520 feet
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 141-54 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 144-20 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, 39 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Between 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 March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 143rd Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of 32nd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 15 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 1 playground
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Health Force Solutions Trade or language school
    400 feet
  2. KA of Flushing Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  3. P.S. 214 Cadwallader Colden School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Colden Playground
    640 feet

Health care

  1. Union Plaza Care Center Nursing home or hospice
    910 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Mitchell-Linden Library
    360 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Paul Chong Ha Sang RC Church House of worship
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Linden Hill Post Office
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.