Horace Harding Expressway & Fresh Meadow Lane at Fresh Meadow Lane Pedestrian Overpass

Horace Harding Expressway, Fresh Meadow Lane and Fresh Meadow Lane Pedestrian Overpass meet at a four-way crossing in Queensboro Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Horace Harding Expwy/Fresh Meadow LN, is 140 feet away for the Q17 and Q88, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and five places to eat. About 300 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two.

Map

Layers
Horace Harding Expressway & Fresh Meadow Lane at Fresh Meadow Lane Pedestrian Overpass Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Horace Harding Expwy/Fresh Meadow LN, 140 feet away, for the Q17 and Q88.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Horace Harding Expwy/Fresh Meadow LN Q17, Q88
    140 feet
    Q17 Q88

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q17 …
  2. Q88 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 169th Street at Long Island Expressway, 1,000 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 166-17 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 20602 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    2.1 miles
  3. 135-23 39th Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.8 miles

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11365
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109 and 111 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Queensboro Hill

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • 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.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand 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
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2019 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fresh Meadow Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

West side of Fresh Meadow Lane

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Horace Harding Expressway

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Places within a walk

How places are listed

One public place is within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 religious building

Shopping centers

  1. Fresh Meadows Place Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and one food store.

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:

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