Onderdonk Avenue & Catalpa Avenue

Onderdonk Avenue and Catalpa Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Ridgewood South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 170 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 12 public places, three of them schools, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Onderdonk Av/Catalpa Av · B38
Within a walk
12 places
3 schools, 2 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Catalpa 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. Seneca Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.4 miles
    L 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 Onderdonk Av/Catalpa Av, 40 feet away, for the B38.

  • 18 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Onderdonk Av/Catalpa Av B38
    40 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catalpa Avenue and Onderdonk Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catalpa Ave & Woodward Ave 19 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, 1.2 miles 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
    0.6 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
75 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,100 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules

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

North side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

South side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • 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 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ridgewood South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 288 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1911.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    170 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    300 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    350 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,040 feet
  2. P.S. 239 School
    1,140 feet
  3. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Queens International Secondary School
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    990 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    1,180 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    640 feet
  2. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    240 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    980 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    1,070 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    630 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    880 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    940 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    1,240 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 23 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catalpa Avenue or Onderdonk 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.