Seneca Avenue & Greene Avenue

Seneca Avenue and Greene Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Learners and Leaders is 1,020 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about six minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and 22 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

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Seneca Avenue & Greene Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    0.3 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.4 miles
    L

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/Bleecker St, 170 feet away, for the B38.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Bleecker St B38
    170 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Harman St & Seneca Ave 19 docks in all
    280 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

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

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

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
81 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,400 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 in 1930.

Since 2014 at least 12 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

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

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 81q Jean Paul Richter School
    820 feet
  2. Learners and Leaders School
    1,020 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue West Historic District Listed historic place
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    1,180 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 places to eat and 18 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.