Forest Avenue & Norman Street

Forest Avenue and Norman 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. Herman Hochberg Plaza is 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 37 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Forest Av/Summerfield St · Q39
Within a walk
11 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Norman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Summerfield St, 170 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Summerfield St Q39 · Shelter
    170 feet
    Q39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forest Ave & Summerfield St 23 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 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
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
80 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Forest Avenue

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

West side of Forest Avenue

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

North side of Norman Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Norman Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 119 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    800 feet
  2. Evergreen Park Playground
    1,060 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    550 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    20 feet
  2. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    680 feet
  3. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    630 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    550 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    550 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    810 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    610 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Norman 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.