Seneca Avenue & Norman Street

Seneca Avenue and Norman Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 is 830 feet away. The nearest subway, Halsey St, is about five minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, three of them listed historic places, and 33 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
9 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Halsey St
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
360 feet
Summerfield St/Seneca Av · B20
Within a walk
13 places
3 listed historic places, 3 religious buildings and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Norman Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Halsey St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Halsey St L
    0.3 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Summerfield St/Seneca Av, 360 feet away, for the B20.

  • 14 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Summerfield St/Seneca Av B20
    360 feet
    B20

Next buses at this stop

  1. B20 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Seneca Ave & Decatur St 20 docks in all
    710 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 391 Weirfield Street Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 9 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2020
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, December 2025

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
72 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 75 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the maidenhair tree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Norman Street

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

South side of Norman Street

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

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Seneca Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 listed historic places
  • 3 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 park
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Joseph F. Quinn Intermediate School 77 School
    830 feet
  2. Queens International Secondary School
    830 feet
  3. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 068 Cambridge School
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Evergreen Park
    810 feet
  2. Evergreen Park Playground
    990 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    520 feet
  2. Forest-Norman Historic District Listed historic place
    630 feet
  3. Summerfield Street Row Historic District Listed historic place
    1,280 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,240 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  2. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,160 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,220 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 33 places to eat and 18 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Norman 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.