Cypress Hills Street & Shaler Avenue

Cypress Hills Street and Shaler Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 100 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Mafera Park is 1,270 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about six minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av · B13, B20
Within a walk
13 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Cypress Hills Street & Shaler Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av, 600 feet away, for the B13 and B20.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/70 Av B13, B20
    600 feet
    B13 B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Cypress Hills St & Otto Rd 19 docks in all
    170 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    930 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.2 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2021.

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 100 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,758th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,400 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 77 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

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

East side of Cypress Hills Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Shaler Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Shaler Avenue

  • Authorized vehicles only 3 signs AVO POLICE DEPARTMENT
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 71 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    750 feet
  3. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
Show all 5
  1. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    800 feet
  2. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    1,140 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Mafera Park
    1,270 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,220 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    950 feet

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    860 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    890 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 25 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Hills Street or Shaler Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.