68th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane
The four-way crossing of 68th Avenue and Fresh Meadow Lane 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. Utopia Playground is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, is 570 feet away for the Q31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them playgrounds, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, 570 feet away, for the Q31.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/69 Av Q31570 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
Cycling
- 9 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 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 July 2023.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, February 2020
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
- 37 feet above sea level
The streets
- One travel lane
- Two of the streets are one-way
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 1950 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 10 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 68th Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of Fresh Meadow Lane
- Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of Fresh Meadow Lane
- Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 438629 and 449043.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows School370 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fresh Meadows Playground360 feet
- Utopia Playground970 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 340 feet
- 67th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 340 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 68th Avenue 370 feet
- 67th Avenue & 175th Street 450 feet
- 69th Avenue & 175th Street 520 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue 610 feet
- 69th Avenue & 174th Street 640 feet
- 67th Avenue & 174th Street 660 feet
See every intersection along 68th Avenue or Fresh Meadow Lane.