69th Avenue & 198th Street
The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and 198th 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. P.S. 026 Rufus King is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/198 St, is 730 feet away for the QM5, QM8 and QM35, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/198 St, 730 feet away, for the QM5, QM8 and QM35.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 73 Av/198 St QM5, QM8, QM35730 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.
- 200-05 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 cars2.7 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 April 2023.
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
- 64 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1949 and 1952.
Trees
NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 69th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs 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 listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 026 Rufus King School970 feet
- Appletree Day Care Center - 197th Street Pre-K1,100 feet
- Appletree Day Care Center - Fresh Meadows Branch Pre-K1,190 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Kissena Corridor Park290 feet
- Farm Playground800 feet
- Cunningham Park1,220 feet
Supermarkets
- Island of Gold Supermarket Supermarket800 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, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Avenue & 197th Street 240 feet
- 69th Avenue & 199th Street 240 feet
- 67th Avenue & 198th Street 700 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 198th Street 720 feet
- 67th Avenue & 65th Crescent 840 feet
- 69th Avenue & 195th Lane 910 feet
- 67th Avenue & 197th Street 930 feet
- 67th Avenue & 199th Street 940 feet
See every intersection along 198th Street or 69th Avenue.