Woodward Avenue & Cornelia Street

Woodward Avenue and Cornelia Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. The corner lies on the edge of the Ridgewood South Historic District. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias Convent stands 370 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about three minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
710 feet · 3 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
530 feet
Forest Av/68 Rd · Q39
Within a walk
13 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Cornelia Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 710 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    710 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
    0.4 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/68 Rd, 530 feet away, for the Q39.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest Av/68 Rd Q39
    530 feet
    Q39

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q39 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Cornelia Street and Woodward Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Catalpa Ave & Woodward Ave 19 docks in all
    470 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. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

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
84 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 1911 and 1913.

Trees

NYC Parks records 66 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2016 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM

South side of Cornelia Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

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

Within 820 feet, 342 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1909 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    300 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    370 feet
  3. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    450 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 1 library
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    940 feet
  2. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,260 feet
  3. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    710 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    980 feet
  3. Ridgewood Fresh Pond Road-Myrtle Avenue Historic District Listed historic place
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    390 feet
  2. Ridgewood Presbyterian Church House of worship
    1,160 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citizens Bank Bank branch
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 18 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 Cornelia 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.