Madison Street & 60th Place

Madison Street and 60th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 093 Ridgewood is 840 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 23 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
600 feet
Putnam Av/Forest Av · B20
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & 60th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    1,070 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.3 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 Putnam Av/Forest Av, 600 feet away, for the B20.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Forest Av B20
    600 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & 67 Ave 15 docks in all
    530 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
    1 mile
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
113 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 1911 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 34 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Place

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

West side of 60th Place

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

North side of Madison Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 9AM-6PM

South side of Madison Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 459423.

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 273 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1911.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    840 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,030 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    750 feet
  2. Rosemary's Playground
    1,030 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    270 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    940 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 60th Place or Madison 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.