Jewel Avenue & 173rd Street
Jewel Avenue and 173rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Fresh Meadows Playground is 1,120 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, is 930 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings. About 500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, 930 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av Q30, Q31, Q75930 feetQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
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.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station0.6 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2019.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Pomonok-Electchester-Hillcrest
- Elevation
- 61 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
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 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of Jewel Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
Schools and child care
- All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K830 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground900 feet
- Fresh Meadows Playground1,120 feet
Houses of worship
- Young Israel of Hillcrest House of worship830 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is 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
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 172nd Street & Jewel Avenue 250 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 174th Street 250 feet
- 171st Street & Jewel Avenue 500 feet
- 175th Street & Jewel Avenue 510 feet
- 69th Avenue & 173rd Street 520 feet
- 172nd Street & 71st Avenue 530 feet
- 170th Street & Jewel Avenue 750 feet
- 69th Avenue & 174th Street 770 feet
See every intersection along 173rd Street or Jewel Avenue.