Utopia Parkway & 16th Avenue
Utopia Parkway and 16th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Bay Terrace-Clearview, Queens. The corner is also named Madeline Sershen Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,874 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens is 210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/16 Av, is 60 feet away for the Q16 and QM20. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them schools, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/16 Av, 60 feet away, for the Q16 and QM20.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/16 Av Q16, QM2060 feetQ16 QM20
Next buses at this stop
- Q16 …
- QM20 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway, 910 feet by car along the streets.
- 18-10 Utopia Parkway Gas station1,280 feet
- 12-30 Clintonville Street Charging for electric cars, three Level 2 chargers1.2 miles
- 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars2.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2022.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,874 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 453rd most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 920 more were issued.
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)
- Bay Terrace-Clearview
- Elevation
- 59 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Madeline Sershen Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1955 and 1965.
Trees
NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Madeline Sershen Way.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 16th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of Utopia Parkway
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 schools
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 209 Clearview Gardens School210 feet
- Circle Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K390 feet
- Interdisciplinary Cntr - Northside School410 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Willets Point Playground430 feet
Pharmacies
- Walgreens Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.
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 eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 200th Street & 16th Avenue 280 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 17th Avenue 530 feet
- 201st Street & 16th Avenue 540 feet
- 166th Street & 16th Avenue 620 feet
- Cross Island Parkway & Utopia Parkway 660 feet
- 200th Street & 15th Road 690 feet
- 202nd Street & 16th Avenue 770 feet
- 166th Street & Willets Point Boulevard at 15th Drive 800 feet
See every intersection along 16th Avenue or Utopia Parkway.