70th Avenue & 68th Street
The four-way crossing of 70th Avenue and 68th Street is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/68 St, is 1,290 feet away for the QM24, QM25 and QM34, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and one place to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/68 St, 1,290 feet away, for the QM24, QM25 and QM34.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/68 St QM24, QM25, QM341,290 feetQM24 QM25 QM34
Next buses at this stop
- QM24 …
- QM25 …
- QM34 …
Cycling
Nearest bike-share station
- 65 St & Otto Rd 21 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
- 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars1.7 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
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 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 104
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glendale
- Elevation
- 87 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 900 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 1925 and 1931.
Trees
NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 25 signs on these blocks
- 5 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 68th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
West side of 68th Street
- No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
North side of 70th Avenue
- No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
South side of 70th Avenue
- No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 religious building
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright School960 feet
Supermarkets
- Stop & Shop Supermarket0.5 miles
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.3 miles
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 bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 70th Avenue & 68th Place 250 feet
- 70th Avenue & 67th Place 250 feet
- 68th Street & Otto Road 470 feet
- 70th Avenue & 67th Street 500 feet
- 69th Street & 70th Avenue 500 feet
- Central Avenue & 68th Street 540 feet
- Otto Road & 68th Place 610 feet
- Otto Road & 67th Place 720 feet
See every intersection along 68th Street or 70th Avenue.