Seneca Avenue & Himrod Street

Seneca Avenue and Himrod Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Learners and Leaders is 500 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about seven 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 17 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Seneca Av/Stockholm St · B38
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 fire station and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Himrod Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seneca Av/Stockholm St, 430 feet away, for the B38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Stockholm St B38
    430 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Himrod Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.7 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 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 one crash at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, 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
77 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,200 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 in 1930.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2021 and July 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Nine buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Classical Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1910.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Learners and Leaders School
    500 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue West Historic District Listed historic place
    1,080 feet

Fire and police

  1. Battalion 28/Engine 271/Ladder 124 Fire station
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    660 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Himrod Street or Seneca Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.