69th Road & Gerard Place

The three-way junction of 69th Road and Gerard Place is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Forest Hills Jewish Center is 100 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Hills-71 Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them day care or pre-K sites, and 42 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Hills-71 Av
910 feet · 3 min on foot · E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Queens Blvd/Yellowstone Blvd · Q60, QM18
Within a walk
11 places
4 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
69th Road & Gerard Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Hills-71 Av, 910 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 4 lines at the nearest station
  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    910 feet
    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 Queens Blvd/Yellowstone Blvd, 340 feet away, for the Q60 and QM18.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Yellowstone Blvd Q60, QM18
    340 feet
    Q60 QM18

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …
  2. QM18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd S & Yellowstone Blvd 24 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 75-41 Yellowstone Boulevard Gas station
    1.1 miles
  2. 104-40 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 20 Level 2 chargers
    1,060 feet
  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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
46 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,300 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 1960 and 1965.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 103 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 3 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 69th Road (east side).

West side of 69th Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Gerard Place

  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Gerard Place

  • Metered parking 3 signs 3 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Authorized vehicles only 2 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400805, 406331 and 466691.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in MacDonald Park.

  1. Gerald MacDonald Statue by Frederic De Henwood, 1934
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 police station
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Achieve Beyond Preschool
    400 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    460 feet
  3. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 4
  1. Clearview Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. MacDonald Park
    100 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 106-06 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    130 feet
  2. Forest Hills Post Office Listed historic place
    220 feet

Fire and police

  1. 112th Precinct Police station
    1,180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    860 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  3. Vitelio's Market Place Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    890 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and seven food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th Road or Gerard Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.