Forest Avenue & Summerfield Street

Forest Avenue and Summerfield Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Evergreen Park is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1911 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Forest Av/Summerfield St · Q39
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Forest Avenue & Summerfield 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 nine 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
    0.5 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Summerfield St, 110 feet away, for the Q39.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Forest Ave & Summerfield St 23 docks in all
    30 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, August 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2026

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1911 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 33 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

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

West side of Forest Avenue

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

North side of Summerfield Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Summerfield Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 58 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 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
    100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    540 feet
  2. Evergreen Park Playground
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    810 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    420 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    1,020 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    810 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    810 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    580 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 31 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Summerfield 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.