Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Place
Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Place meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Library is 130 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/73 Pl, is 130 feet away for the Q55, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, three of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/73 Pl, 130 feet away, for the Q55.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/73 Pl Q55 · Shelter130 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
Cycling
- 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-13 Cooper Avenue Gas station940 feet
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers1.4 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 7 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.
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
- 95 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Homes
About 600 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 1925 and 1928.
Trees
NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 1 sign on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.
West side of 73rd Place
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 library
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 119 the Glendale School1,280 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Glendale Library130 feet
Pharmacies
- CVS Pharmacy0.5 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are five places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Street 270 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 74th Street 270 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 72nd Place 530 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 75th Street 530 feet
- 78th Avenue & 73rd Place 700 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 72nd Street 790 feet
- Cooper Avenue & 73rd Place 790 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 76th Street 800 feet
See every intersection along 73rd Place or Myrtle Avenue.