Borden Avenue & 69th Street at Grand Avenue

Borden Avenue, 69th Street and Grand Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 74 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Squad 288 firehouse is 310 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 69 St/Grand Av, is 200 feet away for the Q18, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them parks, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
59 hurt
74 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
69 St/Grand Av · Q18
Within a walk
13 places
4 parks, 2 playgrounds and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Borden Avenue & 69th Street at Grand Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 69 St/Grand Av, 200 feet away, for the Q18.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 69 St/Grand Av Q18 · Shelter
    200 feet
    Q18
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q18 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 69th Street and Grand Avenue.

  • 36 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grand Ave & Remsen Pl 21 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Queens Midtown Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 66-15 Borden Avenue Gas station
    1,260 feet
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    210 feet
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 74 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 58 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 1997
  • Turn calming, April 2021

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11378
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Maspeth
Elevation
91 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 49 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2023 and December 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 69th Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

West side of 69th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

East side of Grand Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 464239, 464875, 464876 and 468695.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ateres Pesha Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    720 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frontera Park
    420 feet
  2. Frontera Park Playground
    440 feet
  3. Peter Chahales Park
    440 feet
Show all 6
  1. Whitefish Triangle
    1,030 feet
  2. Sitting Area 127 CXXVII Park
    1,040 feet
  3. Whitefish Triangle Playground
    1,070 feet

Health care

  1. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,220 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Maspeth Post Office
    640 feet
  2. Older adult center at 69-61 Grand Avenue Older adult center
    680 feet

Fire and police

  1. Squad 288 Fire station
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    800 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    960 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    830 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 16 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 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th Street, Borden Avenue or Grand 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.