69th Avenue & Yellowstone Boulevard

The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and Yellowstone Boulevard is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Hills Jewish Center is 1,050 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and six places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Yellowstone Blvd/69 Av · QM12, QM42
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
69th Avenue & Yellowstone Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …
Manhattan
4 lines
  1. E …
  2. F …
  3. M …
  4. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 67 Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Yellowstone Blvd/69 Av, 70 feet away, for the QM12 and QM42.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Yellowstone Blvd/69 Av QM12, QM42
    70 feet
    QM12 QM42

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM12 …
  2. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 17 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 69 Ave & Queens Blvd N 20 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 70-31A 108th Street Charging for electric cars, 12 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

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
34 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 1940 and 1949.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 69th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 69th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Yellowstone Boulevard

  • No parking 4 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: 406314 and 464628.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    520 feet
  2. Aim High Childrens - Rise and Shine School
    580 feet
  3. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    970 feet
  2. The Academy for Excellence Through the Arts School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Yellowstone Park
    590 feet
  2. Yellowstone Park Playground
    610 feet
  3. MacDonald Park
    810 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Forest Hills Jewish Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    580 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    970 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    460 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th 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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.