Jewel Avenue & 178th Street
Jewel Avenue and 178th Street meet at a three-way junction in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Utopia Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, is 650 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75. Within a five-minute walk is one public place. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1935 and 1945, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, 650 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av Q30, Q31, Q75650 feetQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
- 5 bicycle racks within 820 feet
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, 0.6 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 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 February 2018.
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)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 39 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 1935 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 98 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 playground
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground50 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 signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, two of them within a three-minute walk:
- Utopia Parkway & Jewel Avenue 530 feet
- 69th Avenue & 178th Street 720 feet
- 175th Street & Jewel Avenue 850 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue 860 feet
- 73rd Avenue & Utopia Parkway 980 feet
- 69th Avenue & 179th Street 980 feet
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 1,090 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 174th Street 1,110 feet
See every intersection along 178th Street or Jewel Avenue.