69th Place & Calamus Avenue
The four-way crossing of 69th Place and Calamus Avenue is in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 69 St/Calamus Av, is 270 feet away for the Q18, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Calamus Av, 270 feet away, for the Q18.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- 69 St/Calamus Av Q18270 feetQ18
Next buses at this stop
- Q18 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- Tyler Ave & Maurice Ave 19 docks in all0.4 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 74-01 Grand Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1,130 feet
- 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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 foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11377
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 2
- City Council district
- 26 and 30 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 104 and 108 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Maspeth
- Elevation
- 38 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- Two of the streets are one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1940 and 1980.
Trees
NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American elm and the hedge maple.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 8 signs on these blocks
- 4 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 69th Place
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 69th Place
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
North side of Calamus Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
South side of Calamus Avenue
- No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 day care or pre-K site
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Denizko Daycare Pre-K330 feet
- P.S. 229 Emanuel Kaplan School670 feet
Houses of worship
- Jehovahs Witnesses Sunnyside Congregation House of worship1,130 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are eight 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 51st Avenue & 69th Place 130 feet
- 69th Street & Maurice Avenue 260 feet
- 70th Street & Calamus Avenue 280 feet
- 51st Avenue & 69th Street 340 feet
- 51st Avenue & 70th Street 380 feet
- 51st Avenue & Maurice Avenue 420 feet
- 68th Street & Maurice Avenue 510 feet
- 69th Street & 51st Road 530 feet
See every intersection along 69th Place or Calamus Avenue.