Woodbine Street & Ridgewood Place

Woodbine Street and Ridgewood Place meet at a three-way junction in Bushwick (East), Brooklyn. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of seven crashes for a Brooklyn corner. Bushwick Playground is 860 feet away. The nearest subway, Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, is about three minutes on foot, for the L and M. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 36 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs
670 feet · 3 min on foot · L, M
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
Palmetto St/Wyckoff Av · Q55
Within a walk
23 places
6 religious buildings, 6 schools and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodbine Street & Ridgewood Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs, 670 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    670 feet
    L M

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …
Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Halsey St L
    0.4 miles
    L

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “From Earth to Sky” (2006) by Cadence Giersbach at the Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Palmetto St/Wyckoff Av, 540 feet away, for the Q55.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Palmetto St/Wyckoff Av Q55 · Shelter
    540 feet
    Q55
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q55 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 46 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Irving Ave & Palmetto St 20 docks in all
    660 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11237
Community board
Brooklyn Community Board 4
City Council district
37
Police precinct
83
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Bushwick (East)
Elevation
58 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 33 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 9 signs on these blocks
  • 2 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and April 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

South side of Ridgewood Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY NOON-1:30PM

South side of Woodbine Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY NOON-1:30PM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 public places.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 6 schools
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 community centers
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Academy for Excellence in Leadership School
    730 feet
  2. The Academy of Urban Planning and Engineering School
    730 feet
  3. The New Life Child Development Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    890 feet
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  1. The Brooklyn School for Math and Research School
    730 feet
  2. The Brooklyn School for Social Justice School
    730 feet
  3. All City Leadership Secondary School
    900 feet
  4. Aim High - New Life Child Devel School
    1,000 feet
  5. Kreative Kare Daycare Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet
  6. Love and Care Health Career Center Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  7. New York Career and Business School, Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  8. Ultissima Beauty Inst-Ridgewood Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bushwick Playground
    860 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Wyckoff Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    750 feet
  2. Venditti Square Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,110 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Washington Irving Library
    480 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Wyckoff Community Center
    940 feet
  2. Ridgewood Bushwick Youth Center Community center
    1,030 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    60 feet
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    570 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 36 places to eat and 19 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 corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Ridgewood Place or Woodbine Street.

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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.