Ridgewood Avenue & Richmond Street

Ridgewood Avenue and Richmond Street meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Brooklyn corner. Public School 65K stands 340 feet away, built in 1870. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1901 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
700 feet
Ridgewood Av/Norwood Av · T430, T434
Within a walk
16 places
8 religious buildings, 5 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Ridgewood Avenue & Richmond Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Norwood Av, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six 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. Crescent St J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z
  2. Cypress Hills J
    0.5 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, 700 feet away, for the T430 and T434.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T430 …
  2. T434 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 27 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    0.4 miles

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Cypress Hills Street & Jackie Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 766 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, October 2021

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
47 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1901 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Richmond Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Richmond Street

  • No parking 9 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

North side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival (early), and built in 1870.

  1. Public School 65K Designated landmark
    340 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 5 schools
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 older adult center

Schools and child care

  1. Achievement First East New York Charter School 2 School
    430 feet
  2. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
  3. P.S. 065 School · pre-K
    1,140 feet
Show all 6
  1. Blessed Sacrament Catholic Academy School
    1,210 feet
  2. M.S. 935 School
    1,240 feet
  3. P.S. 938 School
    1,240 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Andrews Methodist Church Listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Blessed Sacrament Church House of worship
    850 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 3208 Fulton Street Older adult center
    860 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Richmond Street or Ridgewood 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.