Booth Street & 68th Drive

Booth Street and 68th Drive meet at a three-way junction in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Russell Sage Playground is 30 feet away. The nearest subway, 67 Av, is about four minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1950 and 1960, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
67 Av
1,110 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
Queens Blvd/68 Dr · Q60
Within a walk
11 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Booth Street & 68th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 67 Av, 1,110 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 67 Av M, R
    1,110 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/68 Dr, 310 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/68 Dr Q60 · Shelter
    310 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Booth St & 68 Dr 15 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    1.2 miles
  2. 104-20 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, ten Level 2 chargers
    250 feet
  3. 80-25 126th Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1950 and 1960.

Since 2014 at least 100 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and April 2017, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 68th Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of 68th Drive

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Booth Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Booth Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 190 Russell Sage School
    460 feet
  2. Clearview Kids Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    780 feet
  3. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    930 feet
Show all 5
  1. Aim High Childrens - Rise and Shine School
    1,010 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Russell Sage Playground
    30 feet
  2. MacDonald Park
    1,200 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Sephardic Jewish Congregation & Center of Queens House of worship
    730 feet
  2. Young Israel of Forest Hills House of worship
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. 112th Precinct Police station
    580 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,210 feet
  2. Vitelio's Market Place Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,010 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and eight food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, three of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Drive or Booth Street.

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 Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.