Fresh Pond Road & Palmetto Street

Fresh Pond Road and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Pond Post Office is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 33 places to eat. A bus lane runs along Fresh Pond Road, 3pm to 7pm.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
1,000 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Linden St · Q58, QM24, QM25, QM34
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Fresh Pond Road & Palmetto 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 …

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/Linden St, 460 feet away, for the Q58, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/Linden St Q58, QM24, QM25, QM34
    460 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, April 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2022

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
101 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 71 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 39 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fresh Pond Road

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

West side of Fresh Pond Road

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

North side of Palmetto Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Palmetto Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 453132, 455378, 456802 and 461224.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 27 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built in 1911.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    320 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    850 feet
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fresh Pond Road or Palmetto 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.