Forest Avenue & Bleecker Street

Forest Avenue and Bleecker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 18 places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1955, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
90 feet
Forest Av/Bleecker St · Q14, Q39
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 2 schools and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Bleecker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    0.5 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 Forest Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Bleecker St, 90 feet away, for the Q14 and Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Bleecker St Q14, Q39
    90 feet
    Q14 Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bleecker St & Forest Ave 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    1,170 feet
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported seven 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 January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1955.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2017 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 fire station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 071 Forest School
    360 feet
  2. Notre Dame Catholic Academy School
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church House of worship
    730 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 291/Ladder 140 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    740 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Forest Avenue.

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