Myrtle Avenue & 74th Street
Myrtle Avenue and 74th Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens, at the edge of Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North). Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 372 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S./I.S. 119 the Glendale is 1,050 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/74 St, is 120 feet away for the Q55. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them religious buildings, and three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/74 St, 120 feet away, for the Q55.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/74 St Q55 · Shelter120 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 station1,220 feet
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2023.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 372 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,357th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 192 more were issued.
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; the corner is on the edge of the Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North) area
- Elevation
- 95 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
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 in 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the thornless honeylocust.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2016, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Myrtle Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 1 library
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 119 the Glendale School1,050 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Pinocchio Playground1,290 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Glendale Library400 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.
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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:
- Myrtle Avenue & 75th Street 270 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Place 270 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 76th Street 530 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Street 540 feet
- 74th Street & 78th Avenue 740 feet
- 78th Street & Myrtle Avenue 780 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 72nd Place 800 feet
- 78th Avenue & 73rd Place 970 feet
See every intersection along 74th Street or Myrtle Avenue.