Putnam Avenue & Forest Avenue

Putnam Avenue and Forest Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ridgewood Library is 230 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about a minute on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 31 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
100 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Forest Av/Putnam Av · B13, Q39
Within a walk
15 places
8 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Forest Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    100 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
    0.4 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 Forest Av/Putnam Av, 30 feet away, for the B13 and Q39.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/Putnam Av B13, Q39
    30 feet
    B13 Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. Q39 …

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
    310 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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
97 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,700 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 59 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

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

East side of Forest Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Forest Avenue

  • No standing 4 signs 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 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Putnam Avenue

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

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 241 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1907 and 1911.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 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
    350 feet
  2. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    550 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    430 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Library
    230 feet
  2. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,070 feet
Show all 4
  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,140 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 31 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Forest Avenue or Putnam Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.