60th Street & Putnam Avenue

The three-way junction of 60th Street and Putnam Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Library is 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
580 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Putnam Av/Forest Av · B20
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
60th Street & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    580 feet
    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
    0.3 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 Putnam Av/Forest Av, 110 feet away, for the B20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Forest Av B20
    110 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2021.

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
105 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 3 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 Street

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

West side of 60th Street

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

South side of Putnam Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 302 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    820 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    920 feet
  2. Benninger Playground
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    510 feet
  3. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 16 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 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.