Putnam Avenue & Stier Place

Putnam Avenue and Stier Place meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies inside the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Fresh Pond Post Office is 470 feet away. The nearest subway, Fresh Pond Rd, is about two minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, six of them religious buildings, and 27 places to eat.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Fresh Pond Rd
560 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
200 feet
Putnam Av/Fresh Pond Rd · B13, B20, M90, Q58 +2
Within a walk
9 places
6 religious buildings, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Putnam Avenue & Stier Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Fresh Pond Rd, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Fresh Pond Rd M
    560 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Fresh Pond Rd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Putnam Av/Fresh Pond Rd, 200 feet away, for the B13, B20, M90, Q58 and two more.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Putnam Av/Fresh Pond Rd B13, B20, M90, Q58 +2
    200 feet
    B13 B20 M90 Q58 Q98 T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …
  2. B20 …
  3. M90 …
  4. Q58 …
  5. Q98 …
  6. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 67 Ave & Fresh Pond Rd 30 docks in all
    600 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1.1 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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 January 2024.

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
109 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1911 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2024 and March 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Stier Place

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

West side of Stier Place

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

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 311 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1911.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 post office

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Benninger Playground
    710 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Madison-Putnam-60th Place Historic District Listed historic place
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Fresh Pond Post Office
    470 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    350 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 27 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 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.