Seneca Avenue & Madison Street

Seneca Avenue and Madison Street 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. Ridgewood Theater stands 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about two minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them trade or language schools, and 73 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1913 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
500 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
430 feet
Madison St/Cypress Av · Q58, Q98
Within a walk
11 places
3 trade or language schools, 2 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Madison Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 500 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.3 miles
    M
  2. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.3 miles
    L 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 Madison St/Cypress Av, 430 feet away, for the Q58 and Q98.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Madison St/Cypress Av Q58, Q98
    430 feet
    Q58 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 8 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Seneca Ave 22 docks in all
    40 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.2 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.5 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 four crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

What the city has done here

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

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1913 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 63 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Madison Street

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

South side of Madison Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and 145 buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival. They were mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. Ridgewood Theater Designated landmark
    730 feet

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle.

  1. Ridgewood Memorial Column by Anton Schaaf, 1920
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    640 feet
  2. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
  3. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,190 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,190 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Myrtle Avenue Clemens Triangle
    830 feet
  2. Rosemary's Playground
    980 feet
  3. Clemens Triangle
    1,010 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    790 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 73 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Madison 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.