68th Avenue & Yellowstone Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 68th Avenue and Yellowstone Boulevard is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sephardic Jewish Congregation & Center of Queens is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, 67 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
67 Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Yellowstone Blvd/68 Av · QM12, QM42
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
68th Avenue & Yellowstone Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 67 Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 67 Av M, R
    1,110 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Yellowstone Blvd/68 Av, 60 feet away, for the QM12 and QM42.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Yellowstone Blvd/68 Av QM12, QM42
    60 feet
    QM12 QM42

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM12 …
  2. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yellowstone Blvd & 68 Ave 16 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.8 miles
  2. 66-36 Yellowstone Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 71 Level 2 chargers
    930 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 3,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1942 and 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 150 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 35 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 68th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 68th Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Yellowstone Boulevard

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

West side of Yellowstone Boulevard

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406287 and 468933.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 recreation center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High Childrens - Rise and Shine School
    430 feet
  2. Commonpoint NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Yellowstone Park
    50 feet
  2. Yellowstone Park Playground
    60 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sephardic Jewish Congregation & Center of Queens House of worship
    1,110 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Central Queens YM-YWHA Recreation center
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,270 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and four food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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 68th Avenue or Yellowstone Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.