60th Street & Catalpa Avenue

The four-way crossing of 60th Street and Catalpa Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage stands 620 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 32 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Forest Av/69 Av · Q39
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & Catalpa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 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/69 Av, 610 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/69 Av Q39
    610 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catalpa Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catalpa Ave & Woodward Ave 19 docks in all
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue 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.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
81 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 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 January 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 531 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

  1. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    620 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    620 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    820 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    120 feet
  2. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    370 feet
  3. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    840 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    910 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    900 feet
  2. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    1,100 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 32 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Street or Catalpa Avenue.

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