Seneca Avenue & Palmetto Street

Seneca Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rosemary's Playground is 1,180 feet away. 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, four of them religious buildings, and 52 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built in 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
6 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
50 feet · 1 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
30 feet
Seneca Av/Palmetto St · T410
Within a walk
8 places
4 religious buildings, 2 listed historic places and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    50 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/Palmetto St, 30 feet away, for the T410.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Palmetto St T410
    30 feet
    T410

Next buses at this stop

  1. T410 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 2 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
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 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
    0.4 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 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

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
84 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, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up in 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2020 and February 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • 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 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 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 440461.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 60 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built in 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Cypress Avenue East Historic District Listed historic place
    770 feet
  2. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    1,290 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 52 places to eat and 20 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

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