Farmers Boulevard & 143rd Road

Farmers Boulevard and 143rd Road meet at a four-way crossing in Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Farmers Blvd/143 Rd, is 120 feet away for the Q3, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Farmers Boulevard & 143rd Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Farmers Blvd/143 Rd, 120 feet away, for the Q3.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Farmers Blvd/143 Rd Q3
    120 feet
    Q3

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q3 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway southbound at North Conduit Avenue & 181st Street, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 144-31 144th Road Gas station
    670 feet
  2. 134-40 Springfield Boulevard Charging for electric cars, fast chargers
    1.2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11434
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28 and 31 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
116
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Springfield Gardens (North)-Rochdale Village
Elevation
18 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

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 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Farmers Boulevard

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Farmers Boulevard

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Kiddies World Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    140 feet
  2. Birch Family Service-Springfield GRD School
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 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 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, NYCHA, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.