Palmetto Street & 60th Place

Palmetto Street and 60th Place 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. Fresh Pond Post Office is 1,100 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, six of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
800 feet
Grandview Av/Gates Av · B13
Within a walk
10 places
6 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Palmetto Street & 60th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.4 miles
    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 Grandview Av/Gates Av, 800 feet away, for the B13.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Grandview Av/Gates Av B13
    800 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & Linden St 21 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Charging for electric cars, one fast charger
    1 mile

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
113 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and September 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Place

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

North side of Palmetto Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Palmetto Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 455379 and 461224.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 145 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1912.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    900 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet
  2. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    1,100 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 60th Place or Palmetto Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.