Linden Street & Fairview Avenue

Linden Street and Fairview Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Rosemary's Playground is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Gates Av/Fairview Av · B13
Within a walk
11 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden 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 five 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, 350 feet away, for the B13.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Fairview Av B13
    350 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
    100 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
    0.7 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 three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

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
105 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 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 Linden Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Linden 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, 100 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    540 feet
  2. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    1,060 feet
  3. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    320 feet
  2. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Ridgewood Library
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 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 Linden 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.