Union Turnpike & 88th Street
Union Turnpike and 88th 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. In 2025, 1,280 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo is 660 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Myrtle Av/88 St, is 790 feet away for the Q55, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and two places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/88 St, 790 feet away, for the Q55.
- 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Myrtle Av/88 St Q55790 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, 1,080 feet by car along the streets.
- 89-07 Myrtle Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1-01 Forest Park Drive Charging for electric cars, seven fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.
- 13 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 3 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.
What the city has done here
- Leading pedestrian interval, September 2016
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 1,280 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 631st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 913 more were issued.
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
- 96 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 700 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 1930.
Trees
NYC Parks records 73 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 3 signs on these blocks
- 2 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and March 2019, and the sign on the street decides.
East side of 88th Street
- No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
West side of 88th Street
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
Schools, parks and places within a walk
How places are listedFive public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
- 1 park
- 1 park feature
- 1 school
Schools and child care
- P.S./I.S. 113 Anthony J. Pranzo School660 feet
Parks, playgrounds and gardens
- The Bandshell in Forest Park Park feature890 feet
- Forest Park900 feet
Houses of worship
- St Johns Evangelical Lutheran Church House of worship1,030 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat.
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 and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.
Nearby corners
The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:
- 88th Street & 79th Avenue 290 feet
- 88th Street & 81st Avenue 290 feet
- 88th Street & 78th Avenue 490 feet
- 88th Street & 81st Road 540 feet
- Union Turnpike & 87th Street 580 feet
- Union Turnpike & Woodhaven Boulevard 620 feet
- 87th Street & 79th Avenue 740 feet
- 88th Street & Myrtle Avenue 750 feet
See every intersection along 88th Street or Union Turnpike.