Utopia Parkway & 74th Avenue
Utopia Parkway and 74th 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, 838 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Utopia Playground is 330 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/75 Av, is 270 feet away for the Q31, and 13 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Utopia Pkwy/75 Av, 270 feet away, for the Q31.
- 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/75 Av Q31270 feetQ31
Next buses at this stop
- Q31 …
Cycling
- 5 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, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station0.4 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.8 miles
- 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars3 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 October 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 838 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 869th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 504 more were issued.
| Direction on the ticket | 2025 | 2026 so far |
|---|---|---|
| Southbound on Utopia Parkway | 559 | 280 |
| Northbound on Utopia Parkway | 279 | 224 |
| Total | 838 | 504 |
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
- 44 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 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the hawthorn and the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 5 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 74th Avenue
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
West side of Utopia Parkway
- No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Holy Family Catholic -Brooklyn School610 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground330 feet
Supermarkets
- Q Kosher Supermarket0.3 miles
Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 73rd Avenue & Utopia Parkway 270 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 75th Avenue 350 feet
- 175th Street & 74th Avenue 510 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 177th Street 530 feet
- 75th Avenue & 177th Street 610 feet
- 75th Avenue & 176th Street 660 feet
- Utopia Parkway & Jewel Avenue 720 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 175th Street 730 feet
See every intersection along 74th Avenue or Utopia Parkway.