70th Street & Cooper Avenue

The three-way junction of 70th Street and Cooper Avenue is in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Veterans Triangle is 40 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/71 Pl, is 500 feet away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Myrtle Av/71 Pl · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Street & Cooper Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/71 Pl, 500 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/71 Pl Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    500 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Cooper Avenue.

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Ave & 65 Pl 23 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    480 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 March 2021.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
32
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
93 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2018 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 70th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    40 feet
  2. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    1,240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    40 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,230 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Street or Cooper Avenue.

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