Forest Avenue & Catalpa Avenue

Forest Avenue and Catalpa Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Matthias RC Church is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
950 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Forest Av/69 Av · Q39
Within a walk
16 places
7 religious buildings, 4 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Catalpa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 950 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    950 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.4 miles
    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/69 Av, 170 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/69 Av Q39
    170 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catalpa Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catalpa Ave & Woodward Ave 19 docks in all
    140 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 83 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2020 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 414 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    390 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    390 feet
  3. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    510 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 4 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    550 feet
  2. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  3. Ridgewood Library
    1,160 feet
Show all 5
  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet
  2. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    470 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    600 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    720 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    760 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,060 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catalpa Avenue or Forest Avenue.

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