Myrtle Avenue & Seneca Avenue

Myrtle Avenue and Seneca Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 is 700 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 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 60 places to eat.

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

Map

Layers
Myrtle Avenue & Seneca Avenue 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
    0.4 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/Seneca Av, 170 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Seneca Av Q55
    170 feet
    Q55

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Hancock Street and Seneca Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Seneca Ave 23 docks in all
    520 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
    960 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 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 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 18 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, November 2019
  • 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
71 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1911 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 91 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 56 signs on these blocks
  • 21 different rules
  • 10 active meters
  • 6 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and August 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 8am to 7pm on Seneca Avenue (west side).

North side of Hancock Street

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

South side of Hancock Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Myrtle Avenue

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

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400933, 401516, 452845, 455309, 457724 and 457798.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 153 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    600 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    730 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    780 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
    820 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 239 School
    520 feet
  2. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    700 feet
  3. Queens International Secondary School
    700 feet
Show all 4
  1. Robert E. Peary School
    820 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    640 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    830 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  2. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet
  3. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    850 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,200 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    710 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    960 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,020 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 60 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Hancock Street, Myrtle Avenue or Seneca Avenue.

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