Myrtle Avenue & 71st Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and 71st Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Herman Hochberg Plaza is 110 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 54 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Myrtle Av/Forest Av · Q55
Within a walk
13 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 71st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Forest Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Forest Av, 50 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Forest Av Q55
    50 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    200 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2012
  • 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
30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and August 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).

North side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 451517 and 461227.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 289 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    950 feet
  2. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    1,060 feet
  3. Queens International Secondary School
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    620 feet
  2. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    220 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    200 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    130 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    180 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.