73rd Avenue & 179th Street
The four-way crossing of 73rd Avenue and 179th Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Utopia Playground is 110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, is 860 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two 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, 860 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/73 Av Q30, Q31, Q75860 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, 0.7 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
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
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
- 44 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 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 179th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 179th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of 73rd Avenue
- No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 cemetery
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground110 feet
- Brinckerhoff Cemetery970 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 180th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 178th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 181st Street 520 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 177th Street 520 feet
- 75th Avenue & 179th Street 580 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 182nd Street 770 feet
- 73rd Avenue & Utopia Parkway 780 feet
- 75th Avenue & 180th Street 830 feet
See every intersection along 179th Street or 73rd Avenue.