Woodward Avenue & Greene Avenue

Woodward Avenue and Greene Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grover Cleveland Playground is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, four of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
4 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Stanhope St/Woodward Av · B38
Within a walk
7 places
4 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Greene Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 0.5 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. Seneca Av M
    0.5 miles
    M

Next trains at this station

Inbound
1 line
  1. M …
Middle Village
1 line
  1. 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 Stanhope St/Woodward Av, 900 feet away, for the B38.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Stanhope St/Woodward Av B38
    900 feet
    B38

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-04 Metropolitan Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    0.9 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 nine 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 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
103 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 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.

Since 2014 at least 5 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2016 and December 2021, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Greene Avenue

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Woodward Avenue

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

South side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grover Cleveland Playground
    1,300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and 12 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 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Greene 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.