Onderdonk Avenue & Palmetto Street

Onderdonk Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rosemary's Playground is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, five of them religious buildings, and 44 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1913 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
9 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Gates Av/Onderdonk Av · B13
Within a walk
9 places
5 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    440 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest 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 Seneca Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Onderdonk Av, 360 feet away, for the B13.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Onderdonk Av B13
    360 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Onderdonk Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Onderdonk Ave & Gates Ave 19 docks in all
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 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 a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
86 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,300 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 between 1913 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 60 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2020 and March 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 96 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    820 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    880 feet
  2. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 44 places to eat and 19 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Onderdonk Avenue or Palmetto Street.

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.