Myrtle Avenue & 79th Place

Myrtle Avenue and 79th Place meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Dry Harbor Playground is 580 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/79 Pl, is 30 feet away for the Q55, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and five places to eat.

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Myrtle Avenue & 79th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/79 Pl, 30 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/79 Pl Q55 · Shelter
    30 feet
    Q55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 79th Place and Myrtle Avenue.

  • 8 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, 610 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 73-13 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    1.1 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported ten 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 foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
86 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 between 1910 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 4 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 457427.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    180 feet
  2. Dry Harbor Playground
    580 feet

Shopping centers

  1. The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are five 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYC Finance and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.