75th Avenue & 186th Street
The four-way crossing of 75th Avenue and 186th 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. Hillcrest Library is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/186 St, is 820 feet away for the QM7 and QM8, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/186 St, 820 feet away, for the QM7 and QM8.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/186 St QM7, QM8820 feetQM7 QM8
Next buses at this stop
- QM7 …
- QM8 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.
- 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station0.8 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.2 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.
- 3 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022
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
- 70 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 300 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 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 186th Street
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-THURSDAY 1PM-7PM FRIDAY & SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
- Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-THURSDAY 7AM-1PM
West side of 186th Street
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444105 and 446190.
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 day care or pre-K sites
- 1 library
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- B'Above Worldwide Institute Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K720 feet
- Little Meadows Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,280 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Hillcrest Library1,050 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch1,150 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and four food stores.
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 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:
- 75th Avenue & 187th Street 260 feet
- 75th Avenue & 185th Street 290 feet
- 75th Avenue & 188th Street 530 feet
- 75th Avenue & 184th Street 540 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 186th Street 680 feet
- 75th Avenue & 183rd Street 800 feet
- 75th Avenue & 189th Street 800 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 185th Street 940 feet
See every intersection along 186th Street or 75th Avenue.