Cypress Avenue & Palmetto Street

Cypress Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, three of them religious buildings, and 65 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
550 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
300 feet
Gates Av/Cypress Av · B13
Within a walk
14 places
3 religious buildings, 3 trade or language schools and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 550 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    550 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
    950 feet
    L M
  2. Forest Av M
    0.5 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 Gates Av/Cypress Av, 300 feet away, for the B13.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 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
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 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 January 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
74 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 2,400 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 62 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2022 and July 2025, 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 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Palmetto Street

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

South side of Palmetto Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403863 and 450713.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and eight buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1906 and 1913.

  1. Ridgewood Theater Designated landmark
    660 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 pedestrian plazas
  • 2 schools
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  2. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  3. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,180 feet
Show all 6
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,060 feet
  2. P.S. 81q Jean Paul Richter School
    1,260 feet
  3. St Brigid Catholic Academy School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    830 feet
  2. Clemens Triangle
    1,020 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    850 feet
  2. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Brigids RC Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    1,270 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    1,200 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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