Seneca Avenue & Catalpa Avenue

Seneca Avenue and Catalpa Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. St Matthias RC Church is 670 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about five minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, four of them schools, and 69 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1911 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
3 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
1,210 feet · 5 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Seneca Av/Cornelia St · B38
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Catalpa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 1,210 feet from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    1,210 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
  2. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.4 miles
    L M

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seneca Av/Cornelia St, 120 feet away, for the B38.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Cornelia St B38
    120 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catalpa Avenue and Seneca Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Centre St & Seneca Ave 23 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    1,150 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
70 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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.

Since 2014 at least 18 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 89 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 28 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2015 and February 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Seneca Avenue (west side).

North side of Catalpa Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Catalpa Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 401732, 453658, 457724 and 458306.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 166 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1910 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    590 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    720 feet
  3. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    760 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle.

  1. Ridgewood Memorial Column by Anton Schaaf, 1920
    700 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 parks

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 239 School
    710 feet
  2. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    890 feet
  3. Queens International Secondary School
    890 feet
Show all 4
  1. Robert E. Peary School
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    550 feet
  2. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    750 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet
  2. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,010 feet
  3. Cornelia-Putnam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,130 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    670 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    890 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,210 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    810 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 69 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catalpa Avenue or Seneca Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.