Myrtle Avenue & 70th Street

Myrtle Avenue and 70th 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. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza is 60 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/69 St, is 500 feet away for the Q55, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Myrtle Av/69 St · Q55
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/69 St, 500 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Ave & 65 Pl 23 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    470 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

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
93 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 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the thornless honeylocust and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and December 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 70th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401714 and 454643.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    40 feet
  2. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    60 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    140 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,000 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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th 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.