Sector 42 sits on Golf Course Road at the junction with Gurgaon-Faridabad Road, giving direct access to DLF Phase V, MG Road and NH-48. The Sector 42-43 Rapid Metro Gurgaon station (opened 25 April 2017) lies within the sector, with Sector 53-54 and DLF Phase 1 stations also close by.

Corporate office parks along Golf Course Road, including DLF One Horizon Centre, sit roughly 1.7-3 km away, and NH-48 provides onward links to Cyber City and IGI Airport.

Sector 42 has access to several reputed schools, led by Shiv Nadar School about 1 km away, along with Kidzee Happy Days, Ambience Public School, The Pine Crest School, Summer Fields School and Excelsior American School, all within roughly 2-2.3 km, plus a Government Primary School and Model Sanskrit Primary School nearby.

For higher education, Stratford University is about 1.5 km away, with Ansal University, Sushant University and Gurugram University reachable within 3-6 km.

Sector 42 is itself a predominantly residential, gated-community sector, but it borders Gurugram's Golf Course Road corporate corridor.

Established office developments sit within roughly 2-3 km, including DLF One Horizon Centre, AIPL The Masterpiece, Ocus Technopolis, Emaar MGF Capital Tower, Global Business Park, DLF Corporate Park, Suncity Business Tower, Centrum Plaza and Orchid Centre, hosting IT, consulting and financial-services occupiers that support the area's office-going resident base.

Sector 42 is not a conventional tourist destination but serves as an upscale stop on Golf Course Road adjoining the DLF Golf & Country Club.

Nearby hotels such as Le Meridien, Hotel Ibis, The Woodbury, White Lotus and Green Earth Hotel cater mainly to business travellers visiting Gurugram's Golf Course Road corporate district rather than heritage or leisure tourists.

Dining, retail and leisure options cluster just outside the sector, with Global Foyer Mall and South Point Mall the nearest shopping and dining destinations, alongside DLF Plaza Tower and Qutab Plaza Market. The DLF Golf & Country Club offers golf and club recreation for residents.

Portal reviews describe limited standalone cafes and restaurants inside the sector itself, with residents travelling to neighbouring hubs for a broader entertainment scene.

The sector has established civic infrastructure, with multiple bank branches and ATMs (HDFC, ICICI, Axis, SBI) within about 2 km, the Sector 43 HUDA/HSVP park nearby, and hospitals such as Alchemist Hospital, Essar Multispeciality Hospital and Trauma Centre, and Primamed Super Speciality Hospital within roughly 2.2-2.5 km. It falls under GMDA and Municipal Corporation of Gurugram jurisdiction.

Portal reviews flag monsoon waterlogging and damaged internal roads as recurring concerns.