Gates Avenue & Grandview Avenue

Gates Avenue and Grandview Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Ridgewood North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Library is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
1,260 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Gates Av/Grandview Av · B13
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Gates Avenue & Grandview Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 1,260 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    1,260 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Grandview Av, 30 feet away, for the B13.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Grandview Av B13
    30 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Forest Ave 25 docks in all
    890 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. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

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
115 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are 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 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2018 and February 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Grandview Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Grandview Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 105 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    950 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    410 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    1,100 feet
  3. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    700 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Gates Avenue or Grandview Avenue.

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