Myrtle Avenue & Decatur Street

Myrtle Avenue and Decatur Street meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Evergreen Park is 1,080 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1908 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Decatur St/Myrtle Av · B20
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Decatur Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.5 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Myrtle Av, 50 feet away, for the B20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Myrtle Av B20 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & 60 Ln 18 docks in all
    590 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. 64-40 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 7 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2025.

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
79 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1908 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2023 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (north side).

North side of Decatur Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 452092, 454679 and 458776.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 208 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.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    700 feet
  2. Beautiful Minds Childcare Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    800 feet
  3. Home Health Consulting Agency Trade or language school
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    1,080 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    540 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    80 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,200 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    370 feet
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    350 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 21 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Decatur Street or Myrtle Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.