Grand Avenue & 69th Place

Grand Avenue and 69th Place meet at a three-way junction in Maspeth, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Frontera Park is 670 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Grand Av/69 Pl, is 10 feet away for the Q58, Q59 and Q98, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them parks, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
10 feet
Grand Av/69 Pl · Q58, Q59, Q98
Within a walk
13 places
5 parks, 1 day care or pre-K site and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grand Avenue & 69th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Grand Av/69 Pl, 10 feet away, for the Q58, Q59 and Q98.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grand Av/69 Pl Q58, Q59, Q98
    10 feet
    Q58 Q59 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q59 …
  3. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Grand Avenue.

  • 37 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 56-18 69th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    460 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2022.

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
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 700 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 69th Place

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

West side of 69th Place

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

North side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grand Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403288, 462237, 462238 and 464239.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 1 nursing home or hospice
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frontera Park
    670 feet
  2. Frontera Park Playground
    680 feet
  3. Peter Chahales Park
    690 feet
Show all 6
  1. Whitefish Triangle
    1,280 feet
  2. Sitting Area 127 CXXVII Park
    1,290 feet
  3. Garlinge Triangle
    1,300 feet

Health care

  1. Central Queens Rehabilitation and Nursing Center Nursing home or hospice
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Maspeth Library
    570 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. Squad 288 Fire station
    560 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    550 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,210 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    580 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Shops at Grand Avenue Shopping center
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 12 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 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th Place or Grand 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.