Onderdonk Avenue & Willoughby Avenue

Onderdonk Avenue and Willoughby Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. Sunset Garden is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about eight minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places, two of them listed historic places, and five places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
2 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Starr St/Woodward Av · B38
Within a walk
4 places
2 listed historic places, 1 garden and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Onderdonk Avenue & Willoughby Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight 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, 870 feet away, for the B38.

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

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. Willoughby Ave & Onderdonk Ave 27 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, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1945.

Since 2014 at least 86 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 94 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 July 2021 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Onderdonk Avenue

  • No parking 4 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 Willoughby Avenue

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

South side of Willoughby Avenue

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

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Stockholm-Dekalb-Hart Historic District Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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