70th Avenue & Onderdonk Avenue

The three-way junction of 70th Avenue and Onderdonk Avenue is in Ridgewood, Queens. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 500 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Myrtle Av/Forest Av · Q55
Within a walk
12 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
70th Avenue & Onderdonk Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    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
    0.4 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 Myrtle Av/Forest Av, 330 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Forest Av Q55
    330 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 24 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Seneca Ave 23 docks in all
    530 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2018 and January 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Onderdonk 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

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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400886, 457520, 459390 and 459391.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 258 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    500 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    610 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
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    750 feet
  2. Queens International Secondary School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 239 School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    670 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    190 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    500 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,220 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 24 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 70th Avenue or Onderdonk 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.