Myrtle Avenue & 85th Street
Myrtle Avenue and 85th Street meet at a three-way junction in Glendale, Queens, at the edge of Forest Park. 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 1,110 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/85 St, is 30 feet away for the Q55, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and four places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/85 St, 30 feet away, for the Q55.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/85 St 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, 870 feet by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.4 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.8 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 October 2024.
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 500 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 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 2 signs on these blocks
- 1 rule
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in September 2017, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Myrtle Avenue
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedEight public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 3 religious buildings
- 2 schools
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 playground
Schools and child care
- Sacred Heart Catholic-Glendale School1,180 feet
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School1,270 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- Forest Park210 feet
- The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature560 feet
- Dry Harbor Playground1,110 feet
Houses of worship
- Glendale Sacred Heart Church House of worship1,290 feet
Shopping centers
- The Shops at Atlas Park Shopping center0.5 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 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue 80 feet
- 84th Street & Myrtle Avenue 260 feet
- Union Turnpike & Myrtle Avenue at Forest Park Drive 280 feet
- Jackie Robinson Parkway & Forest Park Drive 500 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 83rd Street 520 feet
- Union Turnpike & 87th Street 590 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 81st Avenue 660 feet
- Myrtle Avenue & 82nd Street 760 feet
See every intersection along 85th Street or Myrtle Avenue.