68th Avenue & 64th Place

The four-way crossing of 68th Avenue and 64th Place is in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. It is 770 feet to the 104th Precinct. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
790 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/68 Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
7 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 1 listed historic place and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
68th Avenue & 64th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    790 feet
    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 Fresh Pond Rd/68 Av, 880 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/68 Av B13, B20
    880 feet
    B13 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 Ave & Fresh Pond Rd 30 docks in all
    1,040 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2024.

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)
Ridgewood
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2019 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 64th Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 64th Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

North side of 68th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 68th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Bright Minds Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    100 feet
  2. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mafera Park
    570 feet
  2. Mafera Park Playground
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 68th Avenue-64th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    70 feet

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 64th Place or 68th Avenue.

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.