Myrtle Avenue & Forest Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Forest Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 25 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 54 places to eat.

Safety record
15 hurt
25 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Forest Av/Myrtle Av · Q39
Within a walk
15 places
4 listed historic places, 4 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

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 Forest Av/Myrtle Av, 40 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Myrtle Av Q39
    40 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    320 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
    0.3 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
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 25 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 15 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2015
  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
80 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, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1909 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 43 signs on these blocks
  • 23 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 8 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and May 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 George Street (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (north side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on Myrtle Avenue (south side).

East side of Forest Avenue

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

West side of Forest Avenue

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

North side of George Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400500, 400949, 401416, 453699, 457130, 459392, 461227 and 461228.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 268 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 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
    850 feet
  2. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    940 feet
  3. Queens International Secondary School
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 239 School
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    590 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    240 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    60 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    310 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    840 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 54 places to eat and 29 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Forest Avenue, George 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.