Seneca Avenue & Starr Street

Seneca Avenue and Starr 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. Starr Playground is 220 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about six minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and nine places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,040 feet
Starr St/Woodward Av · B38
Within a walk
4 places
1 garden, 1 listed historic place and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Seneca Avenue & Starr Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. Jefferson St 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. DeKalb Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Starr St/Woodward Av, 1,040 feet away, for the B38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Starr St/Woodward Av B38
    1,040 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Starr Street.

  • 14 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 6 of them on-street corrals
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Onderdonk Ave 27 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 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 foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 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
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1945.

Since 2014 at least 80 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 68 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Seneca Avenue

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

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Dutch Colonial, and built between 1750 and 1775.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    220 feet
  2. Sunset Garden
    680 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    770 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are nine places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Seneca Avenue or Starr Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, 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.