Madison Street & Woodward Avenue

Madison Street and Woodward Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Ridgewood South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Library is 680 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about three minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat.

Safety record
7 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
710 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Madison St/Onderdonk Av · Q58
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Madison Street & Woodward Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    710 feet
    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
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Fresh Pond Rd 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 Madison St/Onderdonk Av, 430 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Onderdonk Av Q58
    430 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Woodward Ave 20 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
89 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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 1911 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 92 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

North side of Madison Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Woodward Avenue

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

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ridgewood South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 189 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    780 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    530 feet
  2. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet
  3. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    40 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Library
    680 feet
  2. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Madison Street or Woodward Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.