Yellowstone Boulevard & 68th Drive

Yellowstone Boulevard and 68th Drive meet at a four-way crossing in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Russell Sage Playground is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, 67 Av, is about six minutes on foot, and four subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and eight places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
67 Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Yellowstone Blvd/69 Av · QM12, QM42
Within a walk
10 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Yellowstone Boulevard & 68th Drive Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 67 Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  • 4 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 67 Av M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Hills-71 Av E, F, M, R
    0.3 miles
    E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Yellowstone Blvd/69 Av, 280 feet away, for the QM12 and QM42.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Yellowstone Blvd/69 Av QM12, QM42
    280 feet
    QM12 QM42

Next buses at this stop

  1. QM12 …
  2. QM42 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Yellowstone Blvd & 68 Ave 16 docks in all
    520 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Grand Central Parkway westbound at Jewel Avenue & Grand Central Parkway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.9 miles
  2. 66-36 Yellowstone Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 71 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, February 2019

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11375
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
29
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 3,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1941 and 1949.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 68th Drive

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 68th Drive

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Yellowstone Boulevard

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Yellowstone Boulevard

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403556 and 465917.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 2 schools
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Aim High Childrens - Rise and Shine School
    310 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  3. Ivy United USA Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,060 feet
Show all 5
  1. The Academy for Excellence Through the Arts School
    1,070 feet
  2. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Yellowstone Park
    310 feet
  2. Yellowstone Park Playground
    330 feet
  3. MacDonald Park
    1,080 feet
Show all 4
  1. Russell Sage Playground
    1,080 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Trader Joe's Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    740 feet
  2. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 68th Drive or Yellowstone Boulevard.

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