Forest Avenue & Cornelia Street

Forest Avenue and Cornelia Street 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. St. Matthias Convent stands 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about a minute on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
340 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Fairview Av/Forest Av · Q14, T410
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 340 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    340 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av 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 Fairview Av/Forest Av, 160 feet away, for the Q14 and T410.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fairview Av/Forest Av Q14, T410
    160 feet
    Q14 T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Forest Ave 25 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 ten crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

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
91 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and April 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornelia Street

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

South side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Forest Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 292 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
    660 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    510 feet
  2. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    830 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    580 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Library
    540 feet
  2. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cornelia Street or Forest 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.