Myrtle Avenue & 83rd Street
Myrtle Avenue and 83rd Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens, at the edge of Forest Park. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Sacred Heart Church is 1,020 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/85 St, is 420 feet away for the Q55, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/85 St, 420 feet away, for the Q55.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/85 St Q55420 feetQ55
Next buses at this stop
- Q55 …
Cycling
- 2 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.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.
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
- 98 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 1920 and 1925.
Trees
NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the London planetree and the black cherry.
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedSix public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School1,280 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park40 feet
- Dry Harbor Playground590 feet
- The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature1,080 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship1,020 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.4 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 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 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Myrtle Avenue & 82nd Street 250 feet
- 84th Street & Myrtle Avenue 260 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Street 450 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 85th Street 520 feet
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue 600 feet
- 83rd Street & 78th Road 600 feet
- 80th Street & Myrtle Avenue 730 feet
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue at Forest Park Drive 790 feet
See every intersection along 83rd Street or Myrtle Avenue.