West Drive & Ridge Road

West Drive and Ridge Road meet at a six-way junction in Douglaston-Little Neck, Queens. The corner lies inside the Douglaston Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them listed historic places. About 150 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Cross Island Parkway
1.4 miles by car along the streets
Within a walk
3 places
2 listed historic places and 1 religious building, within five minutes

Map

Layers
West Drive & Ridge Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway northbound at Northern Boulevard & Cross Island Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 248-76 Marathon Parkway Gas station
    1.8 miles
  2. 249-31 61st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    2.1 miles
  3. 214-32 41st Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11363
Community board
Queens Community Board 11
City Council district
19
Police precinct
111
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Douglaston-Little Neck
Elevation
38 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 150 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 47 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 3 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in February 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of West Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands in the Douglaston Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 156 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Colonial Revival, and mostly built between 1912 and 1929.

Places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 religious building

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Wyck, Cornelius, House Listed historic place
    220 feet
  2. Allen-Beville House Listed historic place
    920 feet

Not on record for this corner:

  • A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
  • A bus stop within a ten-minute walk
  • A bike route here or a bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • A signal or safety change

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ridge Road or West Drive.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC DOT, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks and NYC Health, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.