172nd Street & 65th Avenue
The four-way crossing of 172nd Street and 65th Avenue is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Meadows Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/172 St, is 600 feet away for the Q17 and Q88, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/172 St, 600 feet away, for the Q17 and Q88.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Horace Harding Expwy/172 St Q17, Q88600 feetQ17 Q88
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q88 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 182nd Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station1,070 feet
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.3 miles
- 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 53 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1950 and 1989.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 65th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 65th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- J.H.S. 216 George J. Ryan School1,170 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fresh Meadows Playground970 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.
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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 171st Street & 65th Avenue 250 feet
- 173rd Street & 65th Avenue 250 feet
- 65th Avenue & 174th Street 500 feet
- 170th Street & 65th Avenue 500 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & 172nd Street 510 feet
- 65th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 630 feet
- 172nd Street & 67th Avenue 670 feet
- Horace Harding Expressway & Fresh Meadow Lane Pedestrian Overpass 730 feet
See every intersection along 172nd Street or 65th Avenue.