Myrtle Avenue & 75th Street
Myrtle Avenue and 75th Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens, at the edge of Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North). Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Library is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/74 St, is 390 feet away for the Q55, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. 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, 390 feet away, for the Q55.
- 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/74 St Q55 · Shelter390 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, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 73-13 Cooper Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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; the corner is on the edge of the Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North) area
- Elevation
- 94 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 500 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 1920 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 43 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
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 park
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 119 the Glendale School1,080 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park1,210 feet
Libraries, museums and history
- Glendale Library660 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat.
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 & 74th Street 270 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 76th Street 270 feet
- 78th Street & Myrtle Avenue 520 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Place 530 feet
- 75th Street & 78th Avenue 740 feet
- 79th Street & Myrtle Avenue 770 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 73rd Street 800 feet
- 74th Street & 78th Avenue 1,000 feet
See every intersection along 75th Street or Myrtle Avenue.