68th Avenue & 60th Street

The four-way crossing of 68th Avenue and 60th Street is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Library is 1,070 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 28 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
890 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
67 Av/60 St · B13, B20
Within a walk
14 places
8 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 890 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    890 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 67 Av/60 St, 270 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 67 Av/60 St B13, B20
    270 feet
    B13 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
86 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 1909 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 7 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 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 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 ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING FIRE ZONE

North side of 68th Avenue

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

South side of 68th Avenue

  • No parking 7 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, 465 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
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    580 feet
  2. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  3. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    840 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ridgewood Library
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 28 places to eat and 15 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 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.