Utopia Parkway & 68th Avenue
Utopia Parkway and 68th Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 1,195 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Fresh Meadows Playground is 730 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, is 200 feet away for the Q31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them playgrounds, and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, 200 feet away, for the Q31.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/69 Av Q31200 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
Cycling
- 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 182nd Street at Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 61-19 Fresh Meadow Lane Gas station0.5 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger2.1 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 December 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,195 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 667th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 529 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Southbound on Utopia Parkway | 620 | 258 |
| Northbound on Utopia Parkway | 575 | 271 |
| Total | 1,195 | 529 |
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11365
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 8
- City Council district
- 24
- Police precinct
- 107
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Fresh Meadows-Utopia
- Elevation
- 33 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 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 1945 and 1955.
Trees
NYC Parks records 34 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 schools
- 1 religious building
Schools and child care
- P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows School740 feet
- Ganeinu School1,290 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Fresh Meadows Playground730 feet
- Utopia Playground930 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue 320 feet
- 68th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 370 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 67th Avenue 450 feet
- 69th Avenue & 178th Street 450 feet
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 580 feet
- 67th Avenue & 175th Street 620 feet
- 69th Avenue & 179th Street 720 feet
- 67th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 720 feet
See every intersection along 68th Avenue or Utopia Parkway.