Ridgewood Avenue & Highland Place

Ridgewood Avenue and Highland Place meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Sam Leggio Triangle is 660 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about five minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them religious buildings, and four places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
640 feet
Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av · T430, T434
Within a walk
10 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ridgewood Avenue & Highland Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av, 640 feet away, for the T430 and T434.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av T430, T434
    640 feet
    T430 T434

Next buses at this stop

  1. T430 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    1,120 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    1,080 feet
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1,260 feet
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,200 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 1920.

Since 2014 at least 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2017 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Highland Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Highland Place

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 recreation center

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    230 feet
  2. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    690 feet
  3. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sam Leggio Triangle
    660 feet
  2. Highland Park
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    890 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    800 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and 11 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Highland Place or Ridgewood 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.