Myrtle Avenue & 60th Lane

Myrtle Avenue and 60th Lane meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church is 1,090 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1908 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Myrtle Av/Summerfield St · Q55
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 60th Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

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

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & 60 Ln 18 docks in all
    640 feet

By car

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

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
79 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2022 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (south side).

East side of 60th Lane

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Lane

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 455675, 456711 and 458776.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 216 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    650 feet
  2. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
  3. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    930 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    490 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,090 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    1,140 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    320 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    300 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Lane or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.