70th Avenue & Forest Avenue

The four-way crossing of 70th Avenue and Forest Avenue 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. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church is 160 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 58 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Forest Av/Myrtle Av · Q39
Within a walk
11 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Avenue & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av 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. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.5 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 Forest Av/Myrtle Av, 200 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Myrtle Av Q39
    200 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    550 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
    0.3 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2019
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 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 1,700 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Forest Avenue (west side).

North side of 70th Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of 70th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8AM-6PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Forest Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400949, 401416, 457520 and 459390.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 349 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
    650 feet
  2. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    690 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    700 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,070 feet
  2. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    1,140 feet
  3. Queens International Secondary School
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    740 feet
  2. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    810 feet
  3. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    200 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    240 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    540 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,000 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,060 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and 27 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 70th Avenue or Forest Avenue.

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