73rd Avenue & 196th Place
The three-way junction of 73rd Avenue and 196th Place is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 426 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Cunningham Park is 1,000 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/196 St, is 180 feet away for the Q88, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/196 St, 180 feet away, for the Q88.
- 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 73 Av/196 St Q88180 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 200-05 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station1.1 miles
- 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.7 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 March 2026.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 426 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,280th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 270 more were issued.
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
- 63 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 2 parks
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Appletree Day Care Center - 197th Street Pre-K330 feet
- Appletree Day Care Center - Fresh Meadows Branch Pre-K360 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Farm Playground130 feet
- Kissena Corridor Park800 feet
- Cunningham Park1,000 feet
Supermarkets
- Island of Gold Supermarket Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.5 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, six of them within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 197th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 196th Street 260 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 198th Street 490 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 195th Street 520 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 199th Street 730 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 194th Street 780 feet
- 75th Avenue & 196th Place 830 feet
- Francis Lewis Boulevard & 73rd Avenue 940 feet
See every intersection along 196th Place or 73rd Avenue.