Myrtle Avenue & 71st Street

Myrtle Avenue and 71st 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. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/71 Pl, is 240 feet away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Myrtle Av/71 Pl · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 71st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/71 Pl, 240 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/71 Pl Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    240 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

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

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 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
    220 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
    1.6 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.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (north side).

East side of 71st Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 71st Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 453676 and 453684.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 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
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    220 feet
  2. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    280 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Glendale Library
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    390 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,260 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 13 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 71st Street 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.