Myrtle Avenue & 71st Avenue at Stephen Street

Myrtle Avenue, 71st Avenue and Stephen Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner is also named Herman Hochberg Plaza by local law. It lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 49 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
140 feet
Myrtle Av/Forest Av · Q55
Within a walk
13 places
4 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & 71st Avenue at Stephen Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  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. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

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 Myrtle Av/Forest Av, 140 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Forest Av Q55
    140 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    90 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, October 2023

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
82 feet above sea level

This corner is also named Herman Hochberg Plaza, a co-naming enacted on January 20, 2024 (Local Law 41 of 2024).

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Herman Hochberg Plaza.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Stephen Street (south side).

North side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 71st Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Stephen Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401107, 451517, 456362 and 461227.

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 292 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    1,220 feet
  3. Queens International Secondary School
    1,220 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    1,230 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    120 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    460 feet
  2. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    870 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    290 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    330 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    340 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    600 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    490 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    550 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 49 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 71st Avenue, Myrtle Avenue or Stephen Street.

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 Records, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.