Linden Street & Forest Avenue

Linden Street and Forest Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rosemary's Playground is 1,290 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, five of them religious buildings, and 13 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
Forest Av/Gates Av · Q14, Q39
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Linden Street & Forest 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
    0.5 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 Forest Av/Gates Av, 180 feet away, for the Q14 and Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Gates Av Q14, Q39
    180 feet
    Q14 Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & Linden St 21 docks in all
    670 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes 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 February 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
117 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2016 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

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

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Linden Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Linden Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 80 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

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    1,220 feet
  2. P.S. 071 Forest School
    1,250 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet
  2. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest 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.