56th Avenue & Utopia Parkway
The three-way junction of 56th Avenue and Utopia Parkway is in Auburndale, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. In 2025, 918 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Kissena Park is 890 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/58 Av, is 460 feet away for the Q31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them parks. About 400 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 Utopia Pkwy/58 Av, 460 feet away, for the Q31.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/58 Av Q31460 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
Cycling
- 7 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 175-53 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.3 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.7 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crash has been recorded at this corner in any year the city publishes.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 918 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 823rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 478 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 11
- City Council district
- 20
- Police precinct
- 111
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Auburndale
- Elevation
- 29 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 400 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin 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 School1,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Park890 feet
- Kissena Corridor Park1,120 feet
Shopping centers
- Fresh Meadows Place Shopping center0.5 miles
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- 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 nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 56th Avenue & 175th Place 280 feet
- 56th Avenue & 184th Street 320 feet
- 56th Avenue & 175th Street 540 feet
- 58th Avenue & Utopia Parkway 580 feet
- 56th Avenue & 185th Street 580 feet
- 58th Avenue & Booth Memorial Avenue 600 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 50th Avenue 670 feet
- 58th Avenue & 183rd Street 740 feet
See every intersection along 56th Avenue or Utopia Parkway.