65th Street & Shaler Avenue

The four-way crossing of 65th Street and Shaler Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Mafera Park is 390 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and one place to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
1,290 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av · B13, B20, QM24, QM25 +1
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
65th Street & Shaler Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. 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 Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av, 1,290 feet away, for the B13, B20, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av B13, B20, QM24, QM25 +1 · Shelter
    1,290 feet
    B13 B20 QM24 QM25 QM34
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …
  3. QM24 …
  4. QM25 …
  5. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 65 St & Otto Rd 21 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 87 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Norway maple and the Norway spruce.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 65th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 65th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Shaler Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Shaler Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of Shaler Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 police station
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  2. Bright Minds Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    910 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mafera Park
    390 feet
  2. Mafera Park Playground
    480 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. 68th Avenue-64th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    980 feet
  2. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Universe 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 is one place to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 65th Street or Shaler 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.