70th Avenue & 66th Street

The four-way crossing of 70th Avenue and 66th Street is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mafera Park is 1,130 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
Myrtle Av/66 Pl · Q55
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Avenue & 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.5 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/66 Pl, 0.3 miles away, for the Q55.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/66 Pl Q55
    0.3 miles
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 65 St & Otto Rd 21 docks in all
    490 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

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)
Glendale
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 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 69 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2014 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mafera Park
    1,130 feet
  2. Mafera Park Playground
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 66th Street or 70th Avenue.

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.