Myrtle Avenue & 68th Street

Myrtle Avenue and 68th Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 286/Ladder 135 firehouse is 720 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/68 St, is 100 feet away for the 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
9 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.9 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
100 feet
Myrtle Av/68 St · 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 Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/68 St, 100 feet away, for the QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/68 St QM24, QM25, QM34
    100 feet
    QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM24 …
  2. QM25 …
  3. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & 65 St 19 docks in all
    0.3 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.6 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2023

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
87 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 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 68th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 68th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • 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

South side of Myrtle Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401429 and 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
    240 feet
  2. P.S. 091 Richard Arkwright School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    940 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    960 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    780 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    100 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and 18 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Street 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.