Glendale

Neighborhood · Queens

Between Ridgewood and Forest Park in west-central Queens, Glendale stretches along Myrtle Avenue, its main street.

  • 1.08 square miles
  • 35,135 residents, 2020 Census
  • 232 street corners
  • 17 bus routes

Once a swampy part of the town of Newtown known as Fresh Pond, it took its name from Glendale, Ohio, in the 1860s and grew into a German farming community. In the 1890s picnic parks such as Glendale Schuetzen Park opened along Myrtle Avenue, and today the neighborhood is largely ringed by cemeteries, among them Union Field and Mount Carmel, a Jewish cemetery of more than 100 acres.

Sources: Glendale, Queens (Wikipedia); Mount Carmel Cemetery (Mount Carmel Cemetery Association).

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Glendale borders eight areas, and Myrtle Avenue holds more of its corners than any other street, 47 of 232.

Street map of Glendale, Queens, outlined among Highland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North), Forest Park, Ridgewood and Middle Village, with Forest Park.Middle VillageRego ParkForest ParkForest HillsHighland Park-Cypress Hills Cemeteries (North)Ridgewood
  • Glendale
  • A neighboring area
  • Park
  • Another station

Neighborhood areas and streets: NYC Department of City Planning. Parks: NYC Parks. Stations: MTA.

Neighboring areas

Getting around

Buses on 17 routes stop in or at the edge of Glendale.

  • 10 local bus routes
  • 7 express bus routes

Local bus routes

  • B13
  • Q11
  • Q23
  • Q29
  • Q39
  • Q47
  • Q52-SBS
  • Q53-SBS
  • Q54
  • Q55

Express bus routes

  • BM5
  • QM12
  • QM15
  • QM24
  • QM25
  • QM34
  • QM42

Safety record

Between 2021 and 2025, its corners averaged more police-reported crashes than the average Queens corner.

  • 1,296 police-reported crashes at its corners
  • 5.6 a corner, on average
  • 5.2 the average Queens corner
  • 24 corners with a clean record

Signal or safety changes on City record, at 24 of its corners

Leading pedestrian intervals
15
Accessible pedestrian signals
9
Barnes Dance all-way crossings
2
Safety Improvement Projects
2
Turn calming
1
Enhanced crossings
1

Camera tickets

In 2025 its corners had more school-zone speed camera tickets than bus-lane or red-light tickets.

  • 1,866 red-light camera tickets at one corner
  • 17,040 school-zone speed camera tickets at nine corners
  • 4,293 bus-lane camera tickets at two corners
Most red-light tickets
Union Turnpike & Woodhaven Boulevard, 1,866
Most speed tickets
Union Turnpike & Woodhaven Boulevard, 11,445
Most bus-lane tickets
Metropolitan Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard, 2,410

People and homes

The 2020 Census counted 35,135 residents in Glendale, about 32,500 per square mile.

  • 13,556 homes, 2020 Census
  • 98 homes added since April 2010, net, by City Planning's count

Half of its 6,378 residential lots hold buildings from 1925 or earlier, and 86% of them date from before 1940, by the City's tax lot records.

Parks

Parkland
3.8 acres of NYC Parks property
The largest pieces
Forest Park (1.5 acres), "Uncle" Vito F. Maranzano Glendale Playground (1.2 acres) and Pinocchio Playground (1 acre)

Streets and trees

Trees
3,934 in NYC Parks' records, most often London planetree, thornless honeylocust and littleleaf linden
Street with the most corners
Myrtle Avenue, with 47 of the area's 232
Height above sea level
From 47 feet at Woodhaven Boulevard & Cooper Avenue to 131 feet at Myrtle Avenue & Woodhaven Boulevard
Honorary street names
5 at its corners, enacted by local law

Schools and libraries

The City lists four schools and one library in Glendale.

Public schools
3
Charter or private school
1
Library
Glendale Library

Bike share

By the station list of October 3, 2026, four bike-share stations stand in Glendale.

  • 4 bike-share stations

Public safety

How complaints are counted

In 2025 the NYPD recorded 269 major felonies at places in Glendale.

Recorded by the NYPD at places in Glendale

  • 302 major felonies in 2024
  • 809 other felonies, misdemeanors and violations in 2025

In 2025, on the streets along the edge of Glendale, the NYPD recorded another 68 major felonies. Counting the streets along its edge, in 2025 the NYPD recorded 9.6 major felonies for every thousand residents the 2020 Census counted in Glendale.

Police precincts
104th (most of the area), 112th
Major felonies recorded at places in Glendale, 2021 to 2025

From January to June 2026 the NYPD recorded 120 major felonies at places in Glendale, against 121 in the same months of 2025.

Sources: the NYPD's Complaint Data Historic, updated April 28, 2026, and Complaint Data Current (Year To Date), updated July 27, 2026, on NYC Open Data. Figures to June 30, 2026.

Street corners

How the figures above are measured: Methodology.