Menahan Street & Fairview Avenue

Menahan Street and Fairview Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 11 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1927, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Gates Av/Fairview Av · B13
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Menahan Street & Fairview Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    0.4 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 Gates Av/Fairview Av, 880 feet away, for the B13.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Fairview Av B13
    880 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fairview Ave & Linden St 19 docks in all
    430 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 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
    0.8 miles
  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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

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
104 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1927.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 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 Menahan 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 Menahan Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Twenty buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  2. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 11 places to eat and 11 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 Menahan 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.