Myrtle Avenue & 114th Street

Myrtle Avenue and 114th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 107 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, 111 St, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
111 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Myrtle Av/114 St · Q55
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 114th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 111 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 111 St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
1 line
  1. J …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. J …

Also within a walk

  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the 111 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/114 St, 40 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/114 St Q55
    40 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1.3 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 107 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,749th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11418
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Richmond Hill
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

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 1915 and 1943.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    540 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    670 feet
  3. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy School
    1,160 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    910 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    670 feet
  2. Holy Child Jesus Church House of worship
    830 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    980 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

See every intersection along 114th Street or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.