Myrtle Avenue & 66th Street

Myrtle Avenue and 66th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Drumm Triangle is 750 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/66 Pl, is 230 feet away for the Q55, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat.

Safety record
8 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
Myrtle Av/66 Pl · Q55
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 66th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/66 Pl, 230 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/66 Pl Q55
    230 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    890 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.4 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
85 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 66th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 66th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Myrtle 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

South side of Myrtle 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 453171 and 459993.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 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
    1,090 feet
  2. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Drumm Triangle
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    430 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    740 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,020 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 14 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 66th Street 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.