Seneca Avenue & Gates Avenue

Seneca Avenue and Gates Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 21 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about a minute on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, six of them religious buildings, and 46 places to eat. About 2,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
9 hurt
21 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
230 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Seneca Av/Gates Av · B38
Within a walk
8 places
6 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Gates Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 230 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    230 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L M
  2. Forest Av M
    0.4 miles
    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/Gates Av, 40 feet away, for the B38.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Gates Av B38
    40 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Onderdonk Ave & Gates Ave 19 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, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 21 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • 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
85 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 2,300 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 18 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

South side of Gates Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 440461.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 29 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built in 1913.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 46 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Gates Avenue 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.