Fresh Pond Road & Cypress Hills Street

Fresh Pond Road and Cypress Hills Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 088 Seneca is 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
170 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av · B13, B20, QM24, QM25 +1
Within a walk
10 places
3 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fresh Pond Road & Cypress Hills Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 1,000 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    1,000 feet
    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 Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/Catalpa Av, 170 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
    170 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 Fresh Pond Road.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fresh Pond Rd & 69 Ave 28 docks in all
    110 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 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
87 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2018 and September 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Fresh Pond Road (west side).

East side of Cypress Hills Street

  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Cypress Hills Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Fresh Pond Road

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400569 and 453146.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 302 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

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

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Salvation Army Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. P.S. 088 Seneca School
    410 feet
  3. YMCA of Greater NY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    840 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Fire and police

  1. 104th Precinct Police station
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,120 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 13 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Cypress Hills Street or Fresh Pond Road.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.