70th Avenue & Cypress Hills Street

The three-way junction of 70th Avenue and Cypress Hills Street is in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 088 Seneca is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about five minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 29 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1909 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
220 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Avenue & Cypress Hills Street 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 five 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 …

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, 220 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    1,300 feet
  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
    1.3 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
82 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2015 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 70th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Cypress Hills Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 171 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
    780 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    790 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    120 feet
  2. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    760 feet
  3. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
Show all 5
  1. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,170 feet
  2. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    1,180 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Universe 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 29 places to eat and 13 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 70th Avenue or Cypress Hills Street.

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.