73rd Avenue & 173rd Street
The four-way crossing of 73rd Avenue and 173rd Street is in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Holy Family Catholic -Brooklyn is 980 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, is 1,120 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, 1,120 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/73 Av Q30, Q31, Q751,120 feetQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 173rd Street and 73rd Avenue.
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, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.
- 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars2.8 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 August 2023.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11366
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 69 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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 73rd 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.
- 4 religious buildings
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Holy Family Catholic -Brooklyn School980 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground1,050 feet
Houses of worship
- Congregation Ohr Moshe House of worship590 feet
Supermarkets
- Q Kosher Supermarket0.5 miles
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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 172nd Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 174th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 171st Street 510 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 175th Street 530 feet
- 75th Avenue & 173rd Street 580 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 170th Street 760 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 173rd Street 780 feet
- 175th Street & 74th Avenue 790 feet
See every intersection along 173rd Street or 73rd Avenue.