Myrtle Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard

Myrtle Avenue and Woodhaven Boulevard meet at a four-way crossing in Glendale, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 65 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. In 2025, 1,883 bus-lane camera tickets were recorded here. In 2026, 2,556 red-light camera tickets were recorded here through July 26. Forest Park is 100 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Woodhaven Blvd/Myrtle Av, is 60 feet away for the Q11. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places and four places to eat.

Safety record
55 hurt
65 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Jackie Robinson Parkway
0.3 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Woodhaven Blvd/Myrtle Av · Q11
Within a walk
9 places
4 park features, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodhaven Blvd/Myrtle Av, 60 feet away, for the Q11.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodhaven Blvd/Myrtle Av Q11 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Q11
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q11 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 90-01 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    210 feet
  2. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 65 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 55 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2026 so far, through July 26, 2,556 red-light camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner.

Red-light camera tickets by the direction of travel written on the ticket
Direction on the ticket2026 so far
Southbound on Woodhaven Boulevard1,572
Northbound on Woodhaven Boulevard984
Total2,556

In 2025, 1,883 bus-lane camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 83rd most of the 174 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 3, 445 more were issued.

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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
Elevation
131 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to six travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 25 to 30 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 400 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 1925 and 1940.

Trees

NYC Parks records 23 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2025 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No parking 18 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Woodhaven Boulevard

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Woodhaven Boulevard

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 park features
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Small Wonder Preschool
    360 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Forest Park
    100 feet
  2. Carousel in Forest Park Park feature
    270 feet
  3. Greenhouse Playground
    460 feet
Show all 6
  1. Nature Center in Forest Park Park feature
    680 feet
  2. The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature
    780 feet
  3. Strack Pond in Forest Park Park feature
    1,190 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship
    700 feet

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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, six of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Woodhaven Boulevard.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.