73rd Avenue & 178th Street
The three-way junction of 73rd Avenue and 178th Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brinckerhoff Cemetery is 1,230 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, is 600 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, 600 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/73 Av Q30, Q31, Q75600 feetQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 73rd Avenue.
- 5 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station0.5 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.9 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 December 2020.
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)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 42 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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 cemetery
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground50 feet
- Brinckerhoff Cemetery1,230 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
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 179th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 177th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 180th Street 520 feet
- 73rd Avenue & Utopia Parkway 520 feet
- 75th Avenue & 178th Street 600 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 181st Street 770 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 74th Avenue 790 feet
- 75th Avenue & 179th Street 840 feet
See every intersection along 178th Street or 73rd Avenue.