Scholes Street & Onderdonk Avenue
Scholes Street and Onderdonk Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. The nearest bus stop, Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av, is 620 feet away for the Q54, and three bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two places to eat.
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Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av, 620 feet away, for the Q54.
- 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Metropolitan Av/Onderdonk Av Q54620 feetQ54
Next buses at this stop
- Q54 …
Cycling
- 2 bicycle racks within 820 feet, all of them on-street corrals
Nearest bike-share station
- Metropolitan Ave & Stewart Ave 20 docks in all0.3 miles
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at Varick Avenue, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station0.5 miles
- 1074 Grand Street Charging for electric cars, four fast chargers0.6 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.
- 1 person injured
- 0 people killed
- 1 of those hurt, on foot
The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11237
- Community board
- Brooklyn Community Board 1
- City Council district
- 34
- Police precinct
- 90 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Ridgewood
- Elevation
- 12 feet above sea level
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Trees
One tree recorded by NYC Parks stands within 330 feet, a tree of heaven.
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 April 2017 and April 2018, and the sign on the street decides.
North side of Scholes Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
South side of Scholes Street
- No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY MIDNIGHT-3AM
Within a walk
How places are listedSupermarkets
- Western Beef Supermarket0.4 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- Homes within 820 feet
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
- A listed public place within a five-minute walk
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- Scholes Street & Scott Avenue 480 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Onderdonk Avenue 650 feet
- Meserole Street & Scott Avenue 740 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Scott Avenue 790 feet
- Scholes Street & Gardner Avenue 940 feet
- Meserole Street & Gardner Avenue 1,190 feet
- Gardner Avenue & Stagg Street 1,200 feet
- Metropolitan Avenue & Gardner Avenue 1,290 feet
See every intersection along Onderdonk Avenue or Scholes Street.