Metropolitan Avenue & Fresh Pond Road

Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh Pond Road meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 53 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Notre Dame Catholic Academy is 880 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Fresh Pond Rd/Metropolitan Av, is 70 feet away for the Q58, Q98, QM24 and two more, and 14 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
34 hurt
53 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
70 feet
Fresh Pond Rd/Metropolitan Av · Q58, Q98, QM24, QM25 +1
Within a walk
3 places
2 religious buildings and 1 school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Metropolitan Avenue & Fresh Pond Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Fresh Pond Rd/Metropolitan Av, 70 feet away, for the Q58, Q98, QM24, QM25 and QM34.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fresh Pond Rd/Metropolitan Av Q58, Q98, QM24, QM25 +1 · Shelter
    70 feet
    Q58 Q98 QM24 QM25 QM34
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q98 …
  3. QM24 …
  4. QM25 …
  5. QM34 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Fresh Pond Rd & Eliot Ave 20 docks in all
    670 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 62-52 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 53 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 34 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, October 2023

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11379
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
94 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 600 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 1920 and 1935.

Trees

Ten trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 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 2018 and March 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fresh Pond Road

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fresh Pond Road

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Metropolitan Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 424151.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Notre Dame Catholic Academy School
    880 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Miraculous Medal Church House of worship
    970 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,010 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    260 feet

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fresh Pond Road or Metropolitan Avenue.

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