Union Turnpike & 179th Street

Union Turnpike and 179th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jamaica Estates-Holliswood, Queens. The corner is also named Judge Hockert Triangle by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Beth-El is 350 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Turnpike/Utopia Pkwy, is 730 feet away for the Q45, Q46, Q48 and seven more, and 15 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, five of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
730 feet
Union Turnpike/Utopia Pkwy · Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 +6
Within a walk
6 places
5 religious buildings and 1 post office, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Turnpike & 179th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Turnpike/Utopia Pkwy, 730 feet away, for the Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 and six more.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Turnpike/Utopia Pkwy Q45, Q46, Q48, QM1 +6
    730 feet
    Q45 Q46 Q48 QM1 QM5 QM6 QM7 QM8 QM31 QM35

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q45 …
  2. Q46 …
  3. Q48 …
  4. QM1 …
  5. QM5 …
  6. QM6 …
  7. QM7 …
  8. QM8 …
  9. QM31 …
  10. QM35 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.7 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022
  • Turn calming, November 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)
Jamaica Estates-Holliswood
Elevation
57 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Judge Hockert Triangle, a co-naming enacted on April 4, 1991 (Local Law 23 of 1991).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 25 trees within 330 feet.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Judge Hockert Triangle.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 11 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2024 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Union Turnpike (east side).

East side of 179th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 179th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Surrey Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Surrey Place

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 11 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 430724, 430725, 435123, 439052, 439053 and 449942.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 post office

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Beth-El House of worship
    350 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Utopia Post Office
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    690 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Q Kosher Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and five food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 179th Street, Surrey Place or Union Turnpike.

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