Putnam Avenue & Fairview Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Fairview Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Matthias RC Church is 1,110 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about a minute on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
60 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Putnam Av/Fairview Av · M90, Q14
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Fairview Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 60 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    60 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
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Seneca Av 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 Putnam Av/Fairview Av, 40 feet away, for the M90 and Q14.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Fairview Av M90, Q14
    40 feet
    M90 Q14

Next buses at this stop

  1. M90 …
  2. Q14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 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.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2021.

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
96 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and January 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Fairview Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Fairview Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 243 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

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Library
    310 feet
  2. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    830 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,110 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 34 places to eat and 17 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Fairview Avenue 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.