Myrtle Avenue & Centre Street

Myrtle Avenue and Centre Street meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church is 580 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 57 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

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

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Forest Av, 230 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Seneca Ave 23 docks in all
    380 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.3 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
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2026

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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 1910 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 78 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Centre Street

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

South side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • 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 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401709, 456741 and 457128.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 233 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    610 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    640 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    600 feet
  2. Queens International Secondary School
    600 feet
  3. P.S. 239 School
    950 feet
Show all 4
  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    1,260 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    570 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    730 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    860 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    580 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    750 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    330 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,110 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 16 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Street or Myrtle 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.