Myrtle Avenue & 65th Street

Myrtle Avenue and 65th Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 286/Ladder 135 firehouse is 1,070 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St, is 70 feet away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
1 mile by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 65th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St, 70 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    70 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Myrtle Avenue.

  • 19 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & 65 St 19 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    240 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and January 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 65th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 65th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 452798 and 455285.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    440 feet
  2. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Drumm Triangle
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    100 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 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 65th Street or Myrtle 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.