Seneca Avenue & Decatur Street

Seneca Avenue and Decatur Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Evergreen Park is 290 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them listed historic places, and five places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Decatur St/Seneca Av · B20
Within a walk
9 places
3 listed historic places, 2 religious buildings and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Decatur Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Decatur St/Seneca Av, 40 feet away, for the B20.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Decatur St/Seneca Av B20
    40 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seneca Ave & Decatur St 20 docks in all
    180 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 58-14 Cooper Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 342 Eldert Street Charging for electric cars, 21 Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, July 2016
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 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
76 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,100 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2020 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

South side of Decatur Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 6AM-5PM

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 068 Cambridge School
    470 feet
  2. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    290 feet
  2. Evergreen Park Playground
    470 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,050 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Decatur 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.