69th Avenue & 174th Street
The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and 174th Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Meadows Playground is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, is 740 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 playgrounds, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, 740 feet away, for the Q31.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/69 Av Q31740 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 station0.5 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 one crash 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 April 2021.
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
- 47 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is 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 1946 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 174th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of 69th Avenue
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 69th 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.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows School640 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fresh Meadows Playground350 feet
- Utopia Playground1,070 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.5 miles
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, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Avenue & 173rd Street 250 feet
- 69th Avenue & 175th Street 260 feet
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 440 feet
- 69th Avenue & 172nd Street 500 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 174th Street 520 feet
- 68th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 640 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue 700 feet
- 69th Avenue & 171st Street 750 feet
See every intersection along 174th Street or 69th Avenue.