60th Lane & Putnam Avenue

The three-way junction of 60th Lane and Putnam Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Benninger Playground is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
830 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
480 feet
Putnam Av/Fresh Pond Rd · B13, B20, M90, Q58 +2
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Lane & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    830 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    1,140 feet
    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 Putnam Av/Fresh Pond Rd, 480 feet away, for the B13, B20, M90, Q58 and two more.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Fresh Pond Rd B13, B20, M90, Q58 +2
    480 feet
    B13 B20 M90 Q58 Q98 T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …
  3. M90 …
  4. Q58 …
  5. Q98 …
  6. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 22 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & 67 Ave 15 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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)
Ridgewood
Elevation
106 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2024 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Lane

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Lane

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 360 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    440 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    1,060 feet
  3. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    620 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Lane or Putnam Avenue.

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