Myrtle Avenue & Cornelia Street

Myrtle Avenue and Cornelia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The column “Ridgewood Memorial” is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 62 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1914 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
340 feet
Myrtle Av/Cypress Av · Q55
Within a walk
17 places
4 religious buildings, 4 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M
  2. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Seneca Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Cypress Av, 340 feet away, for the Q55.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cornelia Street.

  • 20 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Cypress Ave 17 docks in all
    610 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
    1,120 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person 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
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is 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 1914 and 1931.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 95 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2016 and August 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornelia Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cornelia Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Myrtle Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401485, 401522, 401733, 456811 and 457799.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 52 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. Ridgewood Theater Designated landmark
    530 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle.

  1. Ridgewood Memorial Column by Anton Schaaf, 1920
    280 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Robert E. Peary School
    820 feet
  2. P.S. 239 School
    840 feet
  3. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
Show all 7
  1. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  2. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,000 feet
  3. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    1,240 feet
  4. Queens International Secondary School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    100 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    290 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    980 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,250 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 62 places to eat and 19 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Cornelia Street or Myrtle Avenue.

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