Onderdonk Avenue & Himrod Street

Onderdonk Avenue and Himrod Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Learners and Leaders is 920 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about eight minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and 12 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
9 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Stanhope St/Onderdonk Av · B38
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Himrod Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stanhope St/Onderdonk Av, 360 feet away, for the B38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stanhope St/Onderdonk Av B38
    360 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harman St & Seneca Ave 19 docks in all
    720 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
    0.9 miles
  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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, August 2025

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
90 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 27 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

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

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

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Learners and Leaders School
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grover Cleveland Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,080 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 12 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Himrod Street or Onderdonk 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.