Seneca Avenue & Willoughby Avenue

Seneca Avenue and Willoughby Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and eight 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
Nobody hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
1,290 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 & Willoughby Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven 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
    0.4 miles
    L

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Starr St/Woodward Av, 1,290 feet away, for the B38.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Starr St/Woodward Av B38
    1,290 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Willoughby Ave & Onderdonk Ave 27 docks in all
    400 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 73 Starr Street Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

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
66 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

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 57 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 8 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Seneca Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

North side of Willoughby Avenue

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

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
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

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

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Seneca Avenue or Willoughby Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.