Onderdonk Avenue & Cornelia Street

Onderdonk Avenue and Cornelia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies inside the Ridgewood South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias Convent stands 410 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them religious buildings, and 66 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
1,230 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Onderdonk Av/Catalpa Av · B38
Within a walk
8 places
3 religious buildings, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 1,230 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    1,230 feet
    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, 280 feet away, for the B38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cornelia Street and Onderdonk Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catalpa Ave & Woodward Ave 19 docks in all
    810 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
    0.4 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
    1.5 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

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
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
76 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2016 and December 2019, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Ridgewood South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 286 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1910 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    320 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    410 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    420 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    910 feet
  2. Rosemary's Playground
    1,090 feet
  3. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    340 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,280 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    930 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,180 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 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 24 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 Cornelia Street 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.