69th Avenue & Fresh Pond Road

The four-way crossing of 69th Avenue and Fresh Pond Road is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage stands 520 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 24 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
1,050 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
69th Avenue & Fresh Pond Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 1,050 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    1,050 feet
    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/70 Av, 180 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av B13, B20
    180 feet
    B13 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 69th Avenue and Fresh Pond Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fresh Pond Rd & 69 Ave 28 docks in all
    70 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J 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
    1.1 miles
  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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2022.

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
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1909 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 69th Avenue

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

South side of 69th Avenue

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

West side of Fresh Pond Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 400569.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 294 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    530 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    200 feet
  2. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    460 feet
  3. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,100 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    270 feet

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    890 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,170 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. 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 24 places to eat and 12 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 69th Avenue or Fresh Pond Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.