68th Street & Perry Avenue
The three-way junction of 68th Street and Perry Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens, and is also named Plaza of Heroes by local law. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Squad 288 firehouse is 70 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 69 St/Grand Av, is 590 feet away for the Q18, and six 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.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Grand Av, 590 feet away, for the Q18.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 69 St/Grand Av Q18 · Shelter590 feetQ18
Next buses at this stop
- Q18 …
Cycling
- 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet
Nearest bike-share station
- Grand Ave & Remsen Pl 21 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.
- 66-15 Borden Avenue Gas station410 feet
- 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers0.5 miles
- 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars1.2 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedNo police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 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
- 81 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Plaza of Heroes, a co-naming enacted on December 26, 2001 (Local Law 71 of 2001).
The streets
- One travel lane
- 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 1915 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Plaza of Heroes.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 4 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 68th Street
- No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Perry Avenue
- 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
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 fire station
- 1 library
- 1 older adult center
- 3 other places
Schools and child care
- Ateres Pesha Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 51,110 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Frontera Park810 feet
- Frontera Park Playground830 feet
- Peter Chahales Park830 feet
Show all 5
- Technical Sergeant Thomas J. Davey Triangle1,120 feet
- Federalist Triangle1,270 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Maspeth Library1,210 feet
Community centers and public services
- Maspeth Post Office620 feet
- Older adult center at 69-61 Grand Avenue Older adult center1,080 feet
Fire and police
- Squad 288 Fire station70 feet
Bank branches
- Citizens Bank Bank branch1,190 feet
Supermarkets
- Key Food Supermarket0.3 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy1,220 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and six 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Borden Avenue & 68th Street 70 feet
- Borden Avenue & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road N at Perry Avenue 120 feet
- 68th Street & Clinton Avenue 310 feet
- Borden Avenue & 69th Street at Grand Avenue 390 feet
- 69th Street & Clinton Avenue 540 feet
- Borden Avenue & Queens Midtown Expressway Service Road N at Clinton Avenue 550 feet
- Borden Avenue & 69th Street at Queens Midtown Expressway 550 feet
- Borden Avenue & Grand Avenue 570 feet
See every intersection along 68th Street or Perry Avenue.