Metropolitan Avenue & Onderdonk Avenue
Metropolitan Avenue and Onderdonk Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av, is 10 feet away for the Q54, and four bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av, 10 feet away, for the Q54.
- 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av Q5410 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Metropolitan Avenue.
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
Nearest bike-share station
- Metropolitan Ave & Stewart Ave 20 docks in all1,140 feet
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.
- 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station0.3 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers0.5 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 6 people injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on a bike
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11237
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Police precinct
- 90 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Ridgewood
- Elevation
- 10 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to five travel lanes
- A designated truck route
Trees
Two trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the hawthorn.
Parking on the streets meeting here
How signs are read- 55 signs on these blocks
- 6 different rules
The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Metropolitan Avenue
- No parking 18 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
- No standing 18 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
South side of Metropolitan Avenue
- No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
- No standing 8 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 4PM-7PM
East side of Onderdonk Avenue
- No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket1,280 feet
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and four food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- Homes within 820 feet
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Metropolitan Avenue & Scott Avenue 140 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Gardner Avenue 640 feet
- Scholes Street & Onderdonk Avenue 650 feet
- Scholes Street & Scott Avenue 740 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Woodward Avenue 890 feet
- Gardner Avenue & Meadow Street 890 feet
- Meserole Street & Scott Avenue 1,000 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Stewart Avenue 1,150 feet
See every intersection along Metropolitan Avenue or Onderdonk Avenue.