70th Avenue & 65th Street

The four-way crossing of 70th Avenue and 65th Street is in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mafera Park is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
1,080 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Avenue & 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St, 1,080 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    1,080 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 65 St & Otto Rd 21 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
79 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway spruce.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 61 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 65th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 65th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Otto Road

  • No parking 16 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 9 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,150 feet
  2. Bright Minds Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mafera Park
    680 feet
  2. Mafera Park Playground
    770 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    720 feet
  2. 68th Avenue-64th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and three 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 nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 65th Street, 70th Avenue or Otto Road.

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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.