Myrtle Avenue & Norman Street

Myrtle Avenue and Norman Street meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about nine minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them listed historic places, and 40 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Summerfield St/Myrtle Av · B20
Within a walk
11 places
4 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Norman 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 nine 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
    0.5 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 Summerfield St/Myrtle Av, 330 feet away, for the B20.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Summerfield St/Myrtle Av B20 · Shelter
    330 feet
    B20
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 33 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 71 Ave & Myrtle Ave 15 docks in all
    360 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in 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
83 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and November 2022, 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).

South side of Myrtle Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 4PM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

North side of Norman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Norman Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 7AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400542 and 457457.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 273 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

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    450 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    400 feet
  2. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,140 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    620 feet

Community centers and public services

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

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    600 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    630 feet
  3. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    680 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 22 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Myrtle Avenue or Norman Street.

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.