68th Avenue & 60th Lane

The four-way crossing of 68th Avenue and 60th Lane is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center is 1,010 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
900 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
720 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/68 Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
68th Avenue & 60th Lane Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 900 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    900 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 miles
    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/68 Av, 720 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/68 Av B13, B20
    720 feet
    B13 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & 67 Ave 15 docks in all
    570 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. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

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

East side of 60th Lane

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

West side of 60th Lane

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

North side of 68th Avenue

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

South side of 68th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 494 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    540 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    590 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 post office
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    750 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet
  3. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    990 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    1,010 feet
  2. Fresh Pond Post Office
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Lane or 68th 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.