Onderdonk Avenue & Starr Street

Onderdonk Avenue and Starr Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Starr Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and seven places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
630 feet
Starr St/Woodward Av · B38
Within a walk
3 places
1 garden, 1 listed historic place and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Starr Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Jefferson St 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 Starr St/Woodward Av, 630 feet away, for the B38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Starr St/Woodward Av B38
    630 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Onderdonk Ave 27 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    1,280 feet
  2. 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 90 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

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

West side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1750 and 1775.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    50 feet
  2. Sunset Garden
    310 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and six 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 Onderdonk Avenue or Starr 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.