Cypress Avenue & Putnam Avenue

Cypress Avenue and Putnam Avenue 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. The column “Ridgewood Memorial” is 60 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about five minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 58 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
1,240 feet · 5 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
130 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Av · Q55
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Avenue & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 1,240 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    1,240 feet
    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
    1,280 feet
    M
  2. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

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, 130 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 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
    290 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
    1,090 feet
  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
    1.7 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.

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

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
69 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and June 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

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

East side of Cypress Avenue

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

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 456781 and 456809.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 20 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. Ridgewood Theater Designated landmark
    260 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
    60 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    770 feet
  2. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    770 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    770 feet
Show all 5
  1. Robert E. Peary School
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 239 School
    970 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Clemens Triangle
    240 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    660 feet
  2. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    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 58 places to eat and 23 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 Cypress Avenue or Putnam 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.