Grove Street & St Johns Road

Grove Street and St Johns Road meet at a three-way junction 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. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 15 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
850 feet
Gates Av/Fairview Av · B13
Within a walk
10 places
7 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Grove Street & St Johns Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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, 850 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Fairview Av B13
    850 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fairview Ave & Linden St 19 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 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. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
97 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 88 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Grove Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of St Johns Road

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of St Johns Road

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 37 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and ten food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Grove Street or St Johns Road.

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.