69th Avenue & 178th Street
The three-way junction of 69th Avenue and 178th Street 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 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, is 120 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 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, 120 feet away, for the Q31.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/69 Av Q31120 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
Cycling
- 11 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, 0.5 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.
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
- 35 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 School1,120 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground750 feet
- Fresh Meadows Playground1,100 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
- 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:
- Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue 130 feet
- 69th Avenue & 179th Street 260 feet
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 400 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 68th Avenue 450 feet
- 69th Avenue & 180th Street 520 feet
- 69th Avenue & 175th Street 580 feet
- Utopia Parkway & Jewel Avenue 680 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 178th Street 720 feet
See every intersection along 178th Street or 69th Avenue.