Fresh Meadows, Queens

Fresh Meadows is also the name of a Housing Development within the neighborhood, centered along 188th Street. The housing project was constructed by the New York Life Insurance Company "To Utopia by Bus and Subway," ''New York Times,'' April 17, 1981 .

It is home to a diverse population of middle class families and has a collective mix of Caucasian , Asian American (in particular Korean and Indian), Filipino , Hispanic American , and African American populations. A large number of Jewish residents can also be found in Fresh Meadows.

The Long Island Expressway runs through the neighborhood. Primary streets are 188th Street, Horace Harding Expressway , 73rd Avenue, Utopia Parkway , and Fresh Meadow Lane. Booth Memorial Avenue, formerly North Hempstead Turnpike, connects Fresh Meadows to Kissena Park.

The 107th Precinct of the New York City Police Department (NYPD) covers this neighborhood.

Kissena Park and Cunningham Park are both located adjacent to Fresh Meadows.

Fresh Meadows is also home to St. Francis Preparatory School , the largest Catholic High School in the United States . Francis Lewis High School , P.S. 26 Rufus King school , M.S. 216 George J. Ryan Middle School , and P.S. 173 The Fresh Meadows School are other notable schools within its precincts.

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