73rd Avenue & Utopia Parkway
The four-way crossing of 73rd Avenue and Utopia Parkway is in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Holy Family Catholic -Brooklyn is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, is 120 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/73 Av, 120 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/73 Av Q30, Q31, Q75120 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 station0.4 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.8 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017
- Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2023
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
- 42 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 1940 and 1946.
Trees
NYC Parks records 55 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
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 73rd Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Holy Family Catholic -Brooklyn School880 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground60 feet
Supermarkets
- Q Kosher Supermarket0.4 miles
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & 177th Street 260 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 74th Avenue 270 feet
- Utopia Parkway & Jewel Avenue 450 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 175th Street 460 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 178th Street 520 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 75th Avenue 620 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 174th Street 730 feet
- 175th Street & 74th Avenue 730 feet
See every intersection along 73rd Avenue or Utopia Parkway.