Seneca Avenue & Dekalb Avenue

Seneca Avenue and Dekalb Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Learners and Leaders is 380 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and seven places to eat. About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1931, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Seneca Av/De Kalb Av · B38
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 garden and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Dekalb Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. DeKalb Av 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. Jefferson St L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seneca Av/De Kalb Av, 50 feet away, for the B38.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/De Kalb Av B38 · Shelter
    50 feet
    B38
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Onderdonk Ave & Dekalb Ave 17 docks in all
    460 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed

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
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
83 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2016 and May 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 24 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Classical Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Learners and Leaders School
    380 feet
  2. Inspire Kids Early Childhood Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Garden
    1,100 feet
  2. Starr Playground
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stockholm-Dekalb-Hart Historic District Listed historic place
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    120 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Dekalb Avenue or Seneca Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.