69th Place & 61st Drive

The three-way junction of 69th Place and 61st Drive is in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, Eliot Av/69 St, is 950 feet away for the Q14, QM24, QM25 and QM34, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and two places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1960, almost all in houses of one or two.

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69th Place & 61st Drive Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Eliot Av/69 St, 950 feet away, for the Q14, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Eliot Av/69 St Q14, QM24, QM25, QM34
    950 feet
    Q14 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Eliot Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2021.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11379
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Middle Village
Elevation
103 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 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 in 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maple.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Two public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Books & Rattles Preschool
    1,100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and one food store.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.