Myrtle Avenue & Cypress Hills Street

Myrtle Avenue and Cypress Hills Street meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Drumm Triangle is 950 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
8 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St · Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
7 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Cypress Hills Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.5 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St, 50 feet away, for the Q55, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Cypress Hills St Q55, QM24, QM25, QM34 · Shelter
    50 feet
    Q55 QM24 QM25 QM34
    Shelter

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 Cypress Hills Street and Myrtle Avenue.

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Myrtle Ave & 65 St 19 docks in all
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    110 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

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
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Glendale
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 37 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2017 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress Hills Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cypress Hills Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 park
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    270 feet
  2. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    660 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Drumm Triangle
    950 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 286/Ladder 135 Fire station
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Hills Street or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.