75th Avenue & 187th Street
The four-way crossing of 75th Avenue and 187th 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 790 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/187 St, is 790 feet away for the QM1, QM5 and QM6, 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 eight places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/187 St, 790 feet away, for the QM1, QM5 and QM6.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/187 St QM1, QM5, QM6790 feetQM1 QM5 QM6
Next buses at this stop
- QM1 …
- QM5 …
- QM6 …
Cycling
- 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at 188th Street & Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 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. Nobody was hurt.
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
- 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 6 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
- 2 active meters
- 2 pay-by-cell zones
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 187th Street
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
West side of 187th Street
- Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
North side of 75th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 443821 and 444104.
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-K930 feet
- Little Meadows Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 51,040 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Hillcrest Library790 feet
Bank branches
- Citibank Bank branch910 feet
- Chase Bank branch1,060 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy1,090 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and five food stores.
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change 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 & 186th Street 260 feet
- 75th Avenue & 188th Street 270 feet
- 75th Avenue & 189th Street 540 feet
- 75th Avenue & 185th Street 540 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 187th Street 710 feet
- 75th Avenue & 184th Street 800 feet
- 75th Avenue & 190th Street 800 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 186th Street 940 feet
See every intersection along 187th Street or 75th Avenue.