Starr Street & Cypress Avenue

Starr Street and Cypress Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Starr Playground is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about four minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them listed historic places, and 36 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1945, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
14 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jefferson St
940 feet · 4 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
770 feet
Flushing Av/Cypress Av · B57
Within a walk
5 places
2 listed historic places, 1 garden and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Starr Street & Cypress Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 940 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St L
    940 feet
    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 Flushing Av/Cypress Av, 770 feet away, for the B57.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Flushing Av/Cypress Av B57
    770 feet
    B57

Next buses at this stop

  1. B57 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Starr Street.

  • 30 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 13 of them on-street corrals
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Jefferson St & Cypress Ave 25 docks in all
    560 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.8 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 1074 Grand Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
34
Police precinct
83 and 104 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
47 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1945.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 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
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Cypress Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Cypress Avenue

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

North side of Starr Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-6PM

South side of Starr Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 garden
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. J.H.S. 162 the Willoughby School
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Starr Playground
    740 feet
  2. Sunset Garden
    1,200 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Vander Ende--Onderdonk House Site Listed historic place
    1,290 feet
  2. Willoughby-Suydam Historic District Listed historic place
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and nine 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 nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

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