56th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane
The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and Fresh Meadow Lane is in Auburndale, Queens, at the edge of Kissena Park. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Francis Lewis High School is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Booth Memorial Av/Utopia Pkwy, is 1,260 feet away for the Q31, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1954, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Booth Memorial Av/Utopia Pkwy, 1,260 feet away, for the Q31.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Booth Memorial Av/Utopia Pkwy Q311,260 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 175-53 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.4 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.8 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 109 and 111 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Auburndale; the corner is on the edge of the Kissena Park area
- Elevation
- 32 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1954.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the swamp white oak.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 parks
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Francis Lewis High School1,260 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park50 feet
- Kissena Corridor Park1,300 feet
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 174th Street 40 feet
- 56th Avenue & 175th Street 300 feet
- 175th Street & Fresh Meadow Lane 420 feet
- Booth Memorial Avenue & 174th Street 510 feet
- Booth Memorial Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 540 feet
- 56th Avenue & 175th Place 560 feet
- 50th Avenue & 175th Street 620 feet
- 175th Street & Booth Memorial Avenue 770 feet
See every intersection along 56th Avenue or Fresh Meadow Lane.