Grove Street & Fairview Avenue

Grove Street and Fairview Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rosemary's Playground is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1929, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
620 feet
Gates Av/Fairview Av · B13
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grove Street & Fairview Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 miles
    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/Fairview Av, 620 feet away, for the B13.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Fairview Av B13
    620 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. Fairview Ave & Linden St 19 docks in all
    170 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
    0.6 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
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 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
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1929.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fairview Avenue

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

West side of Fairview Avenue

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

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Grove Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 57 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,080 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    730 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 13 places to eat and 12 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 Fairview Avenue or Grove Street.

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.