69th Avenue & 197th Street
The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and 197th Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Farm Playground is 560 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/198 St, is 940 feet away for the QM5, QM8 and QM35, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/198 St, 940 feet away, for the QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 73 Av/198 St QM5, QM8, QM35940 feetQM5 QM8 QM35
Next buses at this stop
- QM5 …
- QM8 …
- QM35 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at 73rd Avenue & Hollis Hills Terrace, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 184-17 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station1.1 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.8 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 August 2020.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 65 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 11 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2025 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 69th Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of 69th Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 026 Rufus King School730 feet
- Appletree Day Care Center - 197th Street Pre-K870 feet
- Appletree Day Care Center - Fresh Meadows Branch Pre-K960 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park520 feet
- Farm Playground560 feet
Supermarkets
- Island of Gold Supermarket Supermarket570 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Avenue & 198th Street 240 feet
- 69th Avenue & 199th Street 480 feet
- 69th Avenue & 195th Lane 680 feet
- 67th Avenue & 197th Street 700 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 197th Street 720 feet
- 67th Avenue & 65th Crescent 800 feet
- 67th Avenue & 198th Street 930 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 198th Street 950 feet
See every intersection along 197th Street or 69th Avenue.