69th Place & Penelope Avenue

The three-way junction of 69th Place and Penelope Avenue is in Middle Village, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. P.S. 128 the Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elementary School is 440 feet away. The nearest subway, Middle Village-Metropolitan Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1945 and 1970, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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69th Place & Penelope Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Middle Village-Metropolitan Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Middle Village-Metropolitan Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Juniper Valley Rd, 610 feet away, for the Q38 and Q67.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 69 St/Juniper Valley Rd Q38, Q67
    610 feet
    Q38 Q67

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q38 …
  2. Q67 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 73-15 Eliot Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 miles

No 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 December 2020.

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
114 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1945 and 1970.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maple.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Books & Rattles Preschool
    100 feet
  2. P.S. 128 the Lorraine Tuzzo, Juniper Valley Elementary School
    440 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Juniper Valley Park
    990 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.

Not on record for this corner:

  • 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 13 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.