Central Avenue & 65th Street

Central Avenue and 65th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mafera Park is 1,260 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.5 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St 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 Central Avenue.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 65 Pl & Central Ave 21 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
81 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2015 and January 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 65th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 65th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Central Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    900 feet
  2. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,140 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mafera Park
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    410 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    550 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and ten 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 of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 65th Street or Central Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.