60th Street & 70th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and 70th Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them listed historic places, and 43 places to eat.

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
630 feet
Myrtle Av/Forest Av · Q55
Within a walk
13 places
5 listed historic places, 5 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & 70th 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
    0.5 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 Myrtle Av/Forest Av, 630 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Forest Av Q55
    630 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 32 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    440 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

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
85 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 82 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2024 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 461 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    730 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    760 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 listed historic places
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,250 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    530 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  2. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
  3. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
Show all 5
  1. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet
  2. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    320 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    380 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    660 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,000 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    660 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    720 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 43 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Street or 70th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.