58th Avenue & 69th Street
The four-way crossing of 58th Avenue and 69th Street is in Maspeth, Queens, and is also named Ruth and John Kempisty Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frontera Park is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 69 St/Queens Midtown Expwy, is 40 feet away for the Q67, and ten bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them parks, and 15 places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Queens Midtown Expwy, 40 feet away, for the Q67.
- 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 69 St/Queens Midtown Expwy Q6740 feetQ67
Next buses at this stop
- Q67 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 69th Street.
- 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Grand Ave & Remsen Pl 21 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.
- 66-15 Borden Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers730 feet
- 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11378
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 30
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 97 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Ruth and John Kempisty Avenue, a co-naming enacted on January 19, 2020 (Local Law 26 of 2020).
The streets
- Up to four travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 600 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 1920 and 1945.
Trees
NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Ruth and John Kempisty Avenue.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 58th Avenue
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
East side of 69th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 69th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEleven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 4 parks
- 2 playgrounds
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 older adult center
- 2 other places
Schools and child care
- Ateres Pesha Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5960 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Frontera Park40 feet
- Peter Chahales Park50 feet
- Frontera Park Playground70 feet
Show all 6
- Sitting Area 127 CXXVII Park660 feet
- Whitefish Triangle1,270 feet
- Whitefish Triangle Playground1,310 feet
Community centers and public services
- Maspeth Post Office1,160 feet
- Older adult center at 69-61 Grand Avenue Older adult center1,210 feet
Fire and police
- Squad 288 Fire station840 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket1,200 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.
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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 69th Street & Queens Midtown Expressway 140 feet
- 58th Avenue & Queens Midtown Expressway 250 feet
- 69th Street & 58th Road 260 feet
- Long Island Expressway & 69th Street 270 feet
- Borden Avenue & 69th Street at Queens Midtown Expressway 370 feet
- 58th Avenue & Brown Place 400 feet
- 55th Drive & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road S at Brown Place 520 feet
- Borden Avenue & 69th Street at Grand Avenue 520 feet
See every intersection along 58th Avenue or 69th Street.