Myrtle Avenue & 81st Avenue
Myrtle Avenue and 81st Avenue 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. St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church is 1,040 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/81 Av, is 30 feet away for the Q55, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them religious buildings, and one place to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/81 Av, 30 feet away, for the Q55.
- 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/81 Av Q5530 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 210 feet by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 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
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11385
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 5
- City Council district
- 32
- Police precinct
- 102 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Glendale
- Elevation
- 116 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
- A designated truck route
- One of the streets is one-way
Homes
About 400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 28 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFour public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature460 feet
- Forest Park500 feet
Houses of worship
- St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship1,040 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there is one place to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway 210 feet
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue at Forest Park Drive 390 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Road 410 feet
- Jackie Robinson Parkway & Forest Park Drive 560 feet
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue 580 feet
- 88th Street & 81st Avenue 580 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 85th Street 660 feet
- 88th Street & 81st Road 670 feet
See every intersection along 81st Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.