69th Street & 61st Road

The four-way crossing of 69th Street and 61st Road is in Middle Village, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. The nearest bus stop, 69 St/Eliot Av, is 250 feet away for the Q67, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk is one place to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1955 and 1960, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

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69th Street & 61st Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Eliot Av, 250 feet away, for the Q67.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 69 St/Eliot Av Q67
    250 feet
    Q67

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q67 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 69th Street.

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.2 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
    0.6 miles
  3. 6626 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    0.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
100 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 800 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 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2025 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 69th Street

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 69th Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
  • A listed public place within a five-minute walk

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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