Myrtle Avenue & 82nd Street
Myrtle Avenue and 82nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens, at the edge of Forest Park. The corner is also named Jack Zwerenz Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Dry Harbor Playground is 340 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/81 St, is 230 feet away for the Q55, and two bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/81 St, 230 feet away, for the Q55.
- 2 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/81 St Q55 · Shelter230 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, 1,090 feet by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.6 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.9 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2022.
What the city has done here
- Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2015
- Leading pedestrian interval, February 2022
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; the corner is on the edge of the Forest Park area
- Elevation
- 95 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Jack Zwerenz Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).
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 1920 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Jack Zwerenz Way.
Parks and places within a walk
How places are listedThree public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 1 park
- 1 playground
- 1 religious building
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park50 feet
- Dry Harbor Playground340 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship1,270 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.3 miles
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 parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight corners within a three-minute walk:
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Street 200 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 83rd Street 250 feet
- 80th Street & Myrtle Avenue 480 feet
- 84th Street & Myrtle Avenue 510 feet
- 82nd Street & 78th Road 600 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 79th Lane 730 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 85th Street 760 feet
- 81st Street & 78th Road 800 feet
See every intersection along 82nd Street or Myrtle Avenue.