Cypress Avenue & Gates Avenue

Cypress Avenue and Gates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 20 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Brigids RC Church is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about three 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 religious buildings, and 67 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
10 hurt
20 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
750 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Gates Av/Cypress Av · B13
Within a walk
12 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 750 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    750 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    1,160 feet
    L M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Seneca Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Cypress Av, 40 feet away, for the B13.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Cypress Av B13
    40 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cypress Ave & Palmetto St 25 docks in all
    310 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. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 20 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
77 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Two buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Renaissance Revival, and built in 1906.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 1 community center

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 81q Jean Paul Richter School
    1,000 feet
  2. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    1,090 feet
  2. Clemens Triangle
    1,280 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet
  2. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    510 feet
  2. Cypress Avenue West Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    900 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 29 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Gates 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.