Onderdonk Avenue & Dekalb Avenue

Onderdonk Avenue and Dekalb Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Starr Playground is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and three places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
Seneca Av/De Kalb Av · B38
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 1 garden and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Dekalb Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is DeKalb Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seneca Av/De Kalb Av, 450 feet away, for the B38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/De Kalb Av B38 · Shelter
    450 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Onderdonk Avenue.

  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Onderdonk Ave & Dekalb Ave 17 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
92 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 58 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 7 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2020 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 38 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Classical Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Learners and Leaders School
    800 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Garden
    680 feet
  2. Starr Playground
    830 feet
  3. Grover Cleveland Playground
    1,150 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stockholm-Dekalb-Hart Historic District Listed historic place
    390 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    540 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Dekalb 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.