61st Street & 60th Lane

The four-way crossing of 61st Street and 60th Lane is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Evergreen Park is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 28 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Myrtle Av/Fresh Pond Rd · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
61st Street & 60th Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Fresh Pond Rd, 170 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Fresh Pond Rd Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    170 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & 60 Ln 18 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2015 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Lane

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 60th Lane

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 61st Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 54 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    400 feet
  2. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    870 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 75th Avenue-61st Street Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    620 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 15 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Lane or 61st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.