Union Turnpike & Utopia Parkway

Union Turnpike and Utopia Parkway meet at a four-way crossing in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. The corner is also named St. John's Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 45 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Congregation Beth-El is 1,140 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Union Tpke, is 60 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and 20 places to eat.

Safety record
27 hurt
45 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Grand Central Parkway
0.6 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Utopia Pkwy/Union Tpke · Q30, Q31, Q75
Within a walk
2 places
2 religious buildings, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Union Turnpike & Utopia Parkway Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Union Tpke, 60 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utopia Pkwy/Union Tpke Q30, Q31, Q75
    60 feet
    Q30 Q31 Q75

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q30 …
  2. Q31 …
  3. Q75 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway eastbound, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 45 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 27 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2019

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)
Fresh Meadows-Utopia
Elevation
71 feet above sea level

This corner is also named St. John's Way, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

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 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on St. John's Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 32 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Union Turnpike

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Ambulettes only 1 sign AMBULETTE ONLY 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of Utopia Parkway

  • 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 Utopia Parkway

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 444387, 445438, 451953 and 454871.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings

Houses of worship

  1. Congregation Beth-El House of worship
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Q Kosher Supermarket
    280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 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, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Union Turnpike or Utopia Parkway.

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.