Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue
Utopia Parkway and 69th Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Utopia Playground is 610 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, is 40 feet away for the Q31, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them playgrounds, and one place to eat. About 400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1940 and 1950, almost all in houses of one or two.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/69 Av, 40 feet away, for the Q31.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/69 Av Q3140 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
Cycling
- 11 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, 0.5 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 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, December 2017
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
- 35 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
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 1940 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of Utopia Parkway
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows School980 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground610 feet
- Fresh Meadows Playground960 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Avenue & 178th Street 130 feet
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 260 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 68th Avenue 320 feet
- 69th Avenue & 179th Street 400 feet
- 69th Avenue & 175th Street 440 feet
- Utopia Parkway & Jewel Avenue 540 feet
- 68th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 610 feet
- 69th Avenue & 180th Street 660 feet
See every intersection along 69th Avenue or Utopia Parkway.