Woodward Avenue & Bleecker Street

Woodward Avenue and Bleecker Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 11 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about eight minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, four of them religious buildings, and 17 places to eat. About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
11 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
0.4 miles · 8 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
1,030 feet
Seneca Av/Bleecker St · B38
Within a walk
6 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Bleecker Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. M …

Also within a walk

  1. Forest Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Dom (Variations)” (2013) by Laura F. Gibellini at the Seneca Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Seneca Av/Bleecker St, 1,030 feet away, for the B38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av/Bleecker St B38
    1,030 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Woodward Ave & Harman St 19 docks in all
    550 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.8 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 11 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30 and 34 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
99 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 67 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2021 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Bleecker Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place

Schools and child care

  1. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    740 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 17 places to eat and 13 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 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bleecker Street or Woodward Avenue.

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.