Rockaway Boulevard & 142nd Street

Rockaway Boulevard and 142nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Baisley Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Clement Pope Church is 400 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 142 St/Rockaway Blvd, is 60 feet away for the Q40, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Van Wyck Expressway
980 feet by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
142 St/Rockaway Blvd · Q40
Within a walk
16 places
11 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Rockaway Boulevard & 142nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 142 St/Rockaway Blvd, 60 feet away, for the Q40.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 142 St/Rockaway Blvd Q40
    60 feet
    Q40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Van Wyck Expressway northbound, 980 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 134-15 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 135-30 140th Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 130th Place Fast charging for electric cars
    2.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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 February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11436
Community board
Queens Community Board 12
City Council district
28
Police precinct
113
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Baisley Park
Elevation
26 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four 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 1920 and 1955.

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 142nd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 142nd Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

South side of Rockaway Boulevard

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Success Academy Charter School - South Jamaica School
    830 feet
  2. The Ivy Academy Day Care Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Playground One Forty Playground
    550 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Clement Pope Church House of worship
    400 feet
  2. Jehovah Witnesses Baisley Park House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 123-10 143rd Street Older adult center
    910 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 302/Ladder 155 Fire station
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and four food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 142nd Street or Rockaway Boulevard.

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