75th Avenue & 181st Street

The four-way crossing of 75th Avenue and 181st 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. Utopia Playground is 1,190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/183 St, is 0.3 miles away for the Q45, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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75th Avenue & 181st Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/183 St, 0.3 miles away, for the Q45.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/183 St Q45
    0.3 miles
    Q45

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …

Live arrivals

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.

  1. 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
61 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1940 and 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 75th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of 75th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 cemetery
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Brinckerhoff Cemetery
    1,010 feet
  2. Utopia Playground
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Beth-El House of worship
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Q Kosher Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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