Cypress Avenue & Jefferson Avenue

Cypress Avenue and Jefferson Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Theater stands 590 feet away, and Venditti Square Plaza is 1,210 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about six minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them schools, and 56 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Av · Q55
Within a walk
15 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Jefferson Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Halsey St L
    0.3 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Cypress Av, 430 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Cypress Ave 17 docks in all
    690 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    700 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 eight crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

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
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Cypress Avenue (east side).

West side of Cypress Avenue

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

North side of Jefferson Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Jefferson Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 457797, 460758 and 460759.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 22 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1909 and 1913.

  1. Ridgewood Theater Designated landmark
    590 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle.

  1. Ridgewood Memorial Column by Anton Schaaf, 1920
    360 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Robert E. Peary School
    560 feet
  2. P.S. 239 School
    580 feet
  3. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
Show all 7
  1. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  2. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,080 feet
  3. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    1,190 feet
  4. Queens International Secondary School
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    170 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    370 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  2. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    90 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Jefferson 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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.