73rd Avenue & 189th Street
The three-way junction of 73rd Avenue and 189th Street is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/189 St, is 110 feet away for the Q88, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1949, most in buildings of ten homes or more.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/189 St, 110 feet away, for the Q88.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 73 Av/189 St Q88110 feetQ88
Next buses at this stop
- Q88 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 73rd Avenue.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway northbound at 73rd Avenue & Hollis Hills Terrace, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 184-17 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station0.8 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.3 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 January 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11366
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 73 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1949.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 October 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 73rd Avenue
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- Little Meadows Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5210 feet
- B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K760 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch410 feet
Supermarkets
- Island of Gold Supermarket Supermarket0.4 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy580 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
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 & 190th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 188th Street 270 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 192nd Street 520 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 187th Street 540 feet
- 75th Avenue & 189th Street 740 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 193rd Street 790 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 186th Street 800 feet
- 75th Avenue & 188th Street 1,000 feet
See every intersection along 189th Street or 73rd Avenue.