87th Street & 79th Avenue
The three-way junction of 87th Street and 79th 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. The Bandshell in Forest Park is 960 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/85 St, is 940 feet away for the Q55, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/85 St, 940 feet away, for the Q55.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/85 St Q55940 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.8 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 2023.
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
- 83 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 700 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 1940.
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- 8 signs on these blocks
- 3 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2021 and February 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of 79th Avenue
- No standing 5 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
East side of 87th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSeven public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School360 feet
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School1,210 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park950 feet
- The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature960 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.5 miles
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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Union Turnpike & 87th Street 310 feet
- 87th Street & 78th Avenue 380 feet
- 88th Street & 79th Avenue 450 feet
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue at Forest Park Drive 630 feet
- 86th Street & 78th Avenue 640 feet
- 88th Street & 78th Avenue 660 feet
- 87th Street & 77th Avenue 700 feet
- Union Turnpike & 88th Street 740 feet
See every intersection along 79th Avenue or 87th Street.