69th Avenue & 185th Street
The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and 185th Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 188 St/73 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q17, Q45, QM1 and five more, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 188 St/73 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q17, Q45, QM1, QM5 and four more.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 188 St/73 Av Q17, Q45, QM1, QM5 +40.3 milesQ17 Q45 QM1 QM5 QM7 QM8 QM31 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- Q17 …
- Q45 …
- QM1 …
- QM5 …
- QM7 …
- QM8 …
- QM31 …
- QM35 …
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.
- 181-12 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.6 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.4 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 July 2016.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 23 and 24 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- 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 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 185th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K1,170 feet
Supermarkets
- Lidl Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Shopping centers
- Fresh Meadows Place Shopping center0.3 miles
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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Avenue & 184th Street 260 feet
- 69th Avenue & 183rd Street 520 feet
- 67th Avenue & 185th Street 700 feet
- 69th Avenue & 182nd Street 780 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 185th Street 880 feet
- 67th Avenue & 184th Street 960 feet
- 69th Avenue & 181st Street 1,040 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 184th Street 1,130 feet
See every intersection along 185th Street or 69th Avenue.