Myrtle Avenue & 69th Place

Myrtle Avenue and 69th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Post Office is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/69 St, is 240 feet away for the Q55, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 69th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/69 St, 240 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/69 St Q55
    240 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Ave & 65 Pl 23 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, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    730 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 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 69th Place

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 69th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 7 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 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401714 and 454293.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    290 feet
  2. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    310 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    750 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 16 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th Place 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.