Palmetto Street & Forest Avenue

Palmetto Street and Forest Avenue meet at a five-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Ridgewood North Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 093 Ridgewood is 690 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
990 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
160 feet
Grandview Av/Gates Av · B13
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Palmetto Street & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 990 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    990 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
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.5 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, 160 feet away, for the B13.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Forest Ave 25 docks in all
    630 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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
112 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 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 65 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 11 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Grandview Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Road tests only 4 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of Grandview Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-4PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Ridgewood North Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 158 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    690 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    920 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    760 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    370 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    830 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue, Grandview Avenue 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.