60th Place & Gates Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Place and Gates Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Benninger Playground is 1,160 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 21 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Forest Av/Gates Av · Q14, Q39
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Place & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Forest Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Gates Av, 700 feet away, for the Q14 and Q39.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Gates Av Q14, Q39
    700 feet
    Q14 Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & Linden St 21 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2019 and November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Gates Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Gates Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-3PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 461226 and 461709.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 56 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

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church House of worship
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 places to eat and seven food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 60th Place or Gates 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.