73rd Avenue & 181st Street
The four-way crossing of 73rd Avenue and 181st Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Brinckerhoff Cemetery is 460 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, is 0.3 miles away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1950, 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, 0.3 miles away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/73 Av Q30, Q31, Q750.3 milesQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 73rd Avenue.
- 1 bicycle rack 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station0.7 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 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 July 2018.
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
- 50 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 73rd Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 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
- Brinckerhoff Cemetery460 feet
- Utopia Playground630 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.4 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 182nd Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 180th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 179th Street 520 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 183rd Street 520 feet
- 75th Avenue & 181st Street 560 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 178th Street 770 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 184th Street 780 feet
- 75th Avenue & 182nd Street 810 feet
See every intersection along 181st Street or 73rd Avenue.