Onderdonk Avenue & Putnam Avenue

Onderdonk Avenue and Putnam Avenue 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 Roman Catholic Church Rectory stands 550 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 72 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
110 feet
Putnam Av/Onderdonk Av · Q58
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av M
    970 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
    1,150 feet
    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 Putnam Av/Onderdonk Av, 110 feet away, for the Q58.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Onderdonk Av Q58
    110 feet
    Q58

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Onderdonk Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Seneca Ave 22 docks in all
    700 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 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
    0.6 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 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

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
30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
79 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 1911 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 70 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Ridgewood South Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 242 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    550 feet
  2. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    600 feet
  3. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    480 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    830 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    990 feet
  3. Clemens Triangle
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    600 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,190 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 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 72 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Onderdonk Avenue or Putnam 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.