Myrtle Avenue & 115th Street

Myrtle Avenue and 115th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Richmond Hill, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jacob Riis Triangle is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 121 St, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
121 St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Myrtle Av/114 St · Q55
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 115th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 121 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 121 St J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St J
    0.3 miles
    J

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/114 St, 330 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Metropolitan Avenue, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 85-10 126th Street 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

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
56 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 1952.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 115th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 115th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen 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 library
  • 1 park

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 056 Harry Eichler School
    650 feet
  2. St. John's English Evangelical Lutheran Church of Richmond Hill Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    680 feet
  3. Holy Child Jesus Catholic Academy School
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Jacob Riis Triangle
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Rko Keith's Theatre Listed historic place
    610 feet
  2. Richmond Hill Historic District Listed historic place
    950 feet
  3. Richmond Hill Library
    1,100 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Lutheran Church House of worship
    680 feet
  2. Holy Child Jesus Church House of worship
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    690 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and 13 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 115th Street or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, 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.