Woodward Avenue & Catalpa Avenue

Woodward Avenue and Catalpa Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, one police-reported crash was recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias Convent stands 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about four minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 15 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 48 places to eat.

Safety record
1 hurt
1 police-reported crash, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
1,070 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
290 feet
Forest Av/69 Av · Q39
Within a walk
15 places
7 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Catalpa Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 1,070 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    1,070 feet
    M

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.4 miles
    M
  2. Fresh Pond Rd M
    0.5 miles
    M

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Forest Av/69 Av, 290 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/69 Av Q39
    290 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Catalpa Avenue and Woodward Avenue.

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catalpa Ave & Woodward Ave 19 docks in all
    30 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11385
Community board
Queens Community Board 5
City Council district
30
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
78 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 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 1909 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 81 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the littleleaf linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Catalpa Avenue

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-5PM

East side of Woodward Avenue

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

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

Landmarks and historic districts

The corner stands at the edge of the Central Ridgewood Historic District.

Within 820 feet, 397 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1911.

  1. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    280 feet
  2. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    280 feet
  3. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    400 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fifteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 3 listed historic places
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 older adult center
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Herman Hochberg Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,090 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    670 feet
  2. Central Ridgewood Historic District Listed historic place
    920 feet
  3. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ridgewood Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    360 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    720 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Ridgewood Older Adult Center and Services Older adult center
    890 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    840 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 48 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Catalpa Avenue 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.