Union Turnpike & 199th Street

Union Turnpike and 199th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens, at the edge of Cunningham Park. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Kissena Corridor Park is 80 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/198 St, is 260 feet away for the Q46 and Q48, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 190 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Union Turnpike & 199th Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/198 St, 260 feet away, for the Q46 and Q48.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Union Tpke/198 St Q46, Q48 · Shelter
    260 feet
    Q46 Q48
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q46 …
  2. Q48 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Clearview Expressway southbound at Union Turnpike, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 202-06 Hillside Avenue Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 221-18 Manor Road Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers
    1.9 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.9 miles

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11366
Community board
Queens Community Board 8
City Council district
23
Police precinct
107
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Fresh Meadows-Utopia; the corner is on the edge of the Cunningham Park area
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

Homes

About 190 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 in 1950.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 10 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 199th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Union Turnpike

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 parks

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Cunningham Park
    60 feet
  2. Kissena Corridor Park
    80 feet

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 seven nearest corners on foot, one of them within a three-minute walk:

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