69th Avenue & Forest Avenue

The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and Forest Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias School stands 510 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 55 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Forest Av/69 Av · Q39
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
69th Avenue & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    1,210 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Halsey St L
    0.5 miles
    L

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, 110 feet away, for the Q39.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 69th Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2023

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is 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 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Callery pear and the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2018 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 69th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 69th Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Forest Avenue

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

West side of Forest Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 408 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    470 feet
  2. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    510 feet
  3. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    550 feet

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    1,000 feet
  3. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    340 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    530 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    510 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    460 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,260 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 55 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 69th Avenue or Forest Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.