Shepherd Avenue & Ridgewood Avenue

Shepherd Avenue and Ridgewood Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 16 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Highland Park is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Norwood Av, is about six minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, four of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1920, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
12 hurt
16 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Norwood Av
0.3 miles · 6 min on foot · J, Z
Nearest bus stop
780 feet
Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av · Q56
Within a walk
15 places
4 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Shepherd Avenue & Ridgewood Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Norwood Av J, Z
    0.3 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. Cleveland St J
    0.4 miles
    J

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Culture Swirl” (2007) by Margaret Lanzetta at the Norwood Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av, 780 feet away, for the Q56.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Jamaica Av/Shepherd Av Q56
    780 feet
    Q56

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q56 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Shepherd Ave & Fulton St 12 docks in all
    850 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 596 Jamaica Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 570 Jamaica Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 16 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11208
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 5
City Council district
37
Police precinct
75
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Cypress Hills
Elevation
49 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 1,300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1910 and 1920.

Trees

NYC Parks records 72 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2017 and August 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Ridgewood Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

East side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of Shepherd Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 parks
  • 1 garden
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Saint Peter’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, in the Borough of Brooklyn, City of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    500 feet
  2. New Age Family Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    860 feet
  3. Simfran Academy Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    960 feet
Show all 4
  1. P.S. 108 Sal Abbracciamento School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Highland Park
    730 feet
  2. Sam Leggio Triangle
    930 feet
  3. Lower Highland Playground
    1,060 feet
Show all 4
  1. Essex Street Community Garden
    1,190 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Substation #401 (BMT) Listed historic place
    1,120 feet
  2. Public School 108 Listed historic place
    1,170 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Worship Center Iglesia Cristiana House of worship
    1,150 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. North Brooklyn YMCA Recreation center
    730 feet

Other stores

  1. Family Dollar Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and ten 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 Ridgewood Avenue or Shepherd 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 Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.