Myrtle Avenue & 68th Place

Myrtle Avenue and 68th Place meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/69 St, is 220 feet away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Myrtle Av/69 St · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
9 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 68th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/69 St, 220 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/69 St Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    220 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 25 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & 65 St 19 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023
  • Barnes Dance all-way crossing, undated in the City's record

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
32
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
88 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

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

East side of 68th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 68th Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 454631.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    100 feet
  2. P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    820 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    640 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Place or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.