Utopia Parkway & Jewel Avenue
Utopia Parkway and Jewel Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Fresh Meadows-Utopia, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Meadows Playground is 1,260 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av, is 120 feet away for the Q30, Q31 and Q75, and 15 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/Jewel Av, 120 feet away, for the Q30, Q31 and Q75.
- 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Utopia Pkwy/Jewel Av Q30, Q31, Q75120 feetQ30 Q31 Q75
Next buses at this stop
- Q30 …
- Q31 …
- Q75 …
Cycling
- 14 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.
- 176-02 Union Turnpike Gas station0.5 miles
- 92-23 168th Place Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger1.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 5 people injured
- 1 person killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, September 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
- 39 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
Homes
About 500 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 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2020, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Jewel Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 playgrounds
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 173 Fresh Meadows School1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Utopia Playground70 feet
- Fresh Meadows Playground1,260 feet
Supermarkets
- Q Kosher Supermarket0.4 miles
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:
- 175th Street & Jewel Avenue 320 feet
- 73rd Avenue & Utopia Parkway 450 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 178th Street 530 feet
- Utopia Parkway & 69th Avenue 540 feet
- 69th Avenue & Fresh Meadow Lane 560 feet
- Jewel Avenue & 174th Street 580 feet
- 69th Avenue & 178th Street 680 feet
- 73rd Avenue & 177th Street 710 feet
See every intersection along Jewel Avenue or Utopia Parkway.