Putnam Avenue & 60th Place

Putnam Avenue and 60th Place meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Pond Post Office is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 19 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
840 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
Putnam Av/Forest Av · B20
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 playgrounds and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & 60th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    840 feet
    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
    1,130 feet
    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/Forest Av, 370 feet away, for the B20.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Forest Av B20
    370 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 60 Pl & 67 Ave 15 docks in all
    310 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
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  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 five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 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
103 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are 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 60 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
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2021 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 60th Place

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 60th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • Bus layover only 2 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 353 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    1,070 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    980 feet
  2. Rosemary's Playground
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    140 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 19 places to eat and 20 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 60th Place or Putnam Avenue.

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.