Cypress Avenue & Madison Street

Cypress Avenue and Madison Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle is 310 feet away, and P.S. 239 is 1,240 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 63 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
1,020 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Madison St/Cypress Av · Q58, Q98
Within a walk
13 places
3 listed historic places, 3 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Madison Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 1,020 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    1,020 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
    1,130 feet
    L M
  2. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    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 Madison St/Cypress Av, 110 feet away, for the Q58 and Q98.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Cypress Av Q58, Q98
    110 feet
    Q58 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Cypress Ave 17 docks in all
    50 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
    0.4 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,500 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 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress 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 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Cypress 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 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Madison Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Madison Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 410414, 410418, 456781 and 461457.

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 in 1913.

  1. Ridgewood Theater Designated landmark
    230 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
    300 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    670 feet
  3. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,160 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    670 feet
  2. Robert E. Peary School
    1,210 feet
  3. P.S. 239 School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    310 feet
  2. Clemens Triangle
    500 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Avenue or Madison 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, 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.