76th Avenue & 268th Street
The three-way junction of 76th Avenue and 268th Street is in Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Long Island Jewish Medical Center is 1,210 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Union Tpke/268 St, is 1,110 feet away for the Q46, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are one public place and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Union Tpke/268 St, 1,110 feet away, for the Q46.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Union Tpke/268 St Q461,110 feetQ46
Next buses at this stop
- Q46 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Grand Central Parkway & 253rd Street, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.
- 77-40 Hewlett Street Gas station0.4 miles
- 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers1.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash 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 December 2024.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11040
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 23
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glen Oaks-Floral Park-New Hyde Park
- Elevation
- 127 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 160 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 1945 and 1950.
Trees
NYC Parks records 44 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
South side of 76th Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Places within a walk
How places are listedOne public place is within a five-minute walk.
- 1 hospital
Health care
- Long Island Jewish Medical Center Hospital1,210 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- 76th Avenue & 269th Street 260 feet
- 76th Avenue & 267th Street 260 feet
- 76th Avenue & 270th Street 520 feet
- 76th Avenue & 266th Street 530 feet
- 77th Avenue & 268th Street 620 feet
- 76th Avenue & 271st Street 780 feet
- 76th Avenue & 265th Street 790 feet
- 77th Avenue & 269th Street 880 feet
See every intersection along 268th Street or 76th Avenue.