Cooper Avenue & 68th Street

Cooper Avenue and 68th Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Veterans Triangle is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/68 St, is 580 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 13 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
580 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
Cooper Avenue & 68th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/68 St, 580 feet away, for the QM24, QM25 and QM34.

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

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Ave & 65 Pl 23 docks in all
    0.3 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,310 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 25 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 68th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 68th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 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
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    450 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    880 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    510 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 14 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 Cooper 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.