Myrtle Avenue & 82nd Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and 82nd Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Carousel in Forest Park is 840 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/82 Av, is 70 feet away for the Q55, and seven bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them park features, and four places to eat. About 600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Myrtle Avenue & 82nd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/82 Av, 70 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/82 Av Q55
    70 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 600 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    860 feet
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    0.5 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
126 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 35 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 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of 82nd Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Small Wonder Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature
    90 feet
  2. Forest Park
    150 feet
  3. Carousel in Forest Park Park feature
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Greenhouse Playground
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places 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 designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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