73rd Avenue & 196th Street

The three-way junction of 73rd Avenue and 196th Street 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. Kissena Corridor Park is 1,060 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 73 Av/196 St, is 110 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.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Clearview Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
73 Av/196 St · Q88
Within a walk
5 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
73rd Avenue & 196th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 73 Av/196 St, 110 feet away, for the Q88.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 73 Av/196 St Q88
    110 feet
    Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q88 …

Live arrivals

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.

  1. 200-05 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 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 January 2024.

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
65 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1955.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the willow oak.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Appletree Day Care Center - 197th Street Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Appletree Day Care Center - Fresh Meadows Branch Pre-K
    620 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Farm Playground
    70 feet
  2. Kissena Corridor Park
    1,060 feet
  3. Cunningham Park
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Island of Gold Supermarket Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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:

See every intersection along 196th Street or 73rd Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.