Central Avenue & 68th Street

Central Avenue and 68th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/68 St, is 750 feet away for the QM24, QM25 and QM34, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
750 feet
Myrtle Av/68 St · QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Central Avenue & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/68 St, 750 feet away, for the QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/68 St QM24, QM25, QM34
    750 feet
    QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM24 …
  2. QM25 …
  3. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Central Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 65 Pl & Central Ave 21 docks in all
    1,290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30 and 32 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
83 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 68th Street

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

West side of 68th Street

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

North side of Central Avenue

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

South side of Central Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright School
    430 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    1,110 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    850 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and nine food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th 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.