Forest Avenue & Grove Street

Forest Avenue and Grove Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. P.S. 071 Forest is 980 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
440 feet
Forest Av/Gates Av · Q14, Q39
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Grove Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av 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 Forest Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Gates Av, 440 feet away, for the Q14 and Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Gates Av Q14, Q39
    440 feet
    Q14 Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2023

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
119 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2021 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Grove Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 33 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 071 Forest School
    980 feet
  2. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,060 feet
  2. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Grove Street.

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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.