Harman Street & Ricard Street

Harman Street and Ricard Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. The Engine 291/Ladder 140 firehouse is 1,080 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Forest Av/Harman St, is 780 feet away for the Q14 and Q39, and 12 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, three of them schools, and 15 places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1917 and 1937, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Harman Street & Ricard Street Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/Harman St, 780 feet away, for the Q14 and Q39.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Harman St Q14, Q39 · Shelter
    780 feet
    Q14 Q39
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greene Ave & Grandview Ave 17 docks in all
    530 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    1.1 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2019.

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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1917 and 1937.

Since 2014 at least 13 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 August 2021 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Harman Street

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

North side of Ricard Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Ricard Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Grover Cleveland High School
    970 feet
  2. A.C.E. Academy for Scholars at the Geraldine Ferraro Campus School
    1,000 feet
  3. P.S. 071 Forest School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grover Cleveland Playground
    920 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 291/Ladder 140 Fire station
    1,080 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,150 feet

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 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 subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change
  • A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

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