Ridge Road & Douglas Road

Ridge Road and Douglas Road meet at a four-way crossing in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner lies inside the Douglaston Historic District. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. Udall's Park Preserve is 190 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy, is 0.3 miles away for the Q36. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them nature areas. About 200 homes stand within 820 feet, almost all in houses of one or two. NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

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Ridge Road & Douglas Road Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy, 0.3 miles away, for the Q36.

  • 1 route within a ten-minute walk
  1. 40 Av/Little Neck Pkwy Q36
    0.3 miles
    Q36

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q36 …

Live arrivals

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 254th Street at Long Island Expressway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 260-01 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    1.4 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1.7 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2012.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
30 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the scarlet oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2025 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Douglas Road

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Ridge Road

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 116 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1920 and 1946.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 nature areas
  • 1 park feature

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Udall's Park Preserve Nature area
    190 feet
  2. Aurora Pond in Udalls Park Preserve Park feature
    630 feet
  3. Udall's Cove and Ravine Natural Resource Area Nature area
    910 feet

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.