Fresh Pond Road & Grove Street

Fresh Pond Road and Grove Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Pond Post Office is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and 27 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Fresh Pond Road, 3pm to 7pm.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Grove St · Q58, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
4 places
1 listed historic place, 1 post office and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fresh Pond Road & Grove Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd 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 Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/Grove St, 120 feet away, for the Q58, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/Grove St Q58, QM24, QM25, QM34
    120 feet
    Q58 QM24 QM25 QM34

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. QM24 …
  3. QM25 …
  4. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Fresh Pond Road carries a bus lane, 3pm to 7pm on weekdays.

Cycling

  • 21 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Grove St & Fresh Pond Rd 19 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 62-52 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, June 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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 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 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and February 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fresh Pond Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

West side of Fresh Pond Road

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-3PM SATURDAY 8AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING 7AM-7PM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 3PM-7PM

North side of Grove Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Grove Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 416564, 422270, 422271 and 468230.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame Catholic Academy School
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Fresh Pond-Traffic Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    1,120 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    850 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    80 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    1,190 feet

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fresh Pond Road or Grove Street.

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