Utopia Parkway & 12th Road

Utopia Parkway and 12th Road meet at a three-way junction in Whitestone-Beechhurst, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Little Bay Park is 490 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Willets Point Blvd, is 0.4 miles away for the Q16, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1958, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Utopia Parkway & 12th Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/Willets Point Blvd, 0.4 miles away, for the Q16.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Utopia Pkwy/Willets Point Blvd Q16
    0.4 miles
    Q16

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q16 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-10 Utopia Parkway Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    3 miles

No 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 October 2020.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11357
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
19
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Whitestone-Beechhurst
Elevation
10 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1958.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2022 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Utopia Parkway

  • No standing 7 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Utopia Parkway

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 dog run
  • 1 park

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Little Bay Park
    490 feet
  2. Dog Run in Little Bay Park Dog run
    1,090 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
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

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

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