70th Avenue & 60th Lane

The four-way crossing of 70th Avenue and 60th Lane is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church is 870 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 36 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1908 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
12 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Avenue & 60th Lane 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 …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.5 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/70 Av, 540 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 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
    750 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. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median 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 March 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Lane

  • No parking 5 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 70th Avenue

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

South side of 70th Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 434 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
    400 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    760 feet
  2. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    1,040 feet
  3. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    870 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    940 feet
  2. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,220 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    860 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Lane or 70th 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.