Seneca Avenue & Centre Street

Seneca Avenue and Centre Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 is 200 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about six 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 42 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
460 feet
Myrtle Av/Seneca Av · Q55
Within a walk
12 places
4 schools, 3 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Centre Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about six minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Halsey St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Forest Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Myrtle Av/Seneca Av, 460 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Myrtle Av/Seneca Av Q55 · Shelter
    460 feet
    Q55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    1,220 feet
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, February 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
34
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 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 31 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and May 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Centre Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Centre Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Centre Street

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 456741 and 457128.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 92 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza

Schools and child care

  1. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    200 feet
  2. Queens International Secondary School
    200 feet
  3. P.S. 239 School
    690 feet
Show all 4
  1. Robert E. Peary School
    1,120 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Clemens Triangle
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    970 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    330 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    1,260 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    980 feet
  2. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    1,060 feet

Bank branches

  1. TD Bank Bank branch
    480 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    740 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    790 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    1,250 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Centre Street or Seneca 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.