Fresh Pond Road & Catalpa Avenue

Fresh Pond Road and Catalpa Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner is also named Cav. Peter Cardella Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center is 140 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 25 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
790 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av · B13, B20, QM24, QM25 +1
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fresh Pond Road & Catalpa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 790 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    790 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av, 60 feet away, for the B13, B20, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av B13, B20, QM24, QM25 +1 · Shelter
    60 feet
    B13 B20 QM24 QM25 QM34
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …
  3. QM24 …
  4. QM25 …
  5. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Catalpa Avenue and Fresh Pond Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fresh Pond Rd & 69 Ave 28 docks in all
    320 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. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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
93 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Cav. Peter Cardella Way, a co-naming enacted on August 23, 2019 (Local Law 158 of 2019).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Cav. Peter Cardella Way.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 41 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2020 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

South side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-NOON
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Fresh Pond Road

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 453146.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 310 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

  1. Covenant Lutheran Church Designated landmark
    520 feet
  2. Covenant Lutheran Church Parsonage Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 police station
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    200 feet
  2. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  3. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bright Minds Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet
  3. 68th Avenue-64th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Peter Cardella Senior Citizen Center Older adult center
    140 feet

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    920 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 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 25 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Catalpa Avenue or Fresh Pond Road.

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