Myrtle Avenue & Cooper Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Cooper Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Glendale Post Office is 280 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/71 Pl, is 350 feet away for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Myrtle Av/71 Pl · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Cooper Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/71 Pl, 350 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/71 Pl Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
    350 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Cooper Avenue.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cooper Ave & 65 Pl 23 docks in all
    0.5 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 71-05 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    330 feet
  2. 85-01 68th Road Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.6 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2022

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
32
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cooper Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-9AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 401724.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 68-20 Myrtle Avenue Pre-K center
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Glendale Veterans Triangle
    100 feet
  2. "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground
    1,090 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Myrtle/Cooper Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Glendale Post Office
    280 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,140 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cooper Avenue or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.