Woodward Avenue & Himrod Street

Woodward Avenue and Himrod Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Grover Cleveland Playground is 780 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Stanhope St/Woodward Av, is 380 feet away for the B38, and five bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and six places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
1.7 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
380 feet
Stanhope St/Woodward Av · B38
Within a walk
3 places
1 listed historic place, 1 playground and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Himrod Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stanhope St/Woodward Av, 380 feet away, for the B38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Himrod Street and 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
    240 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 1510 Gates Avenue Charging for electric cars, four Level 2 chargers
    1 mile
  3. 57-77 Rust Street Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

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 1,700 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 8 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2021 and May 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Himrod Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 38 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Classical Revival, and mostly built between 1908 and 1909.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground
  • 1 religious building

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grover Cleveland Playground
    780 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stockholm-Dekalb-Hart Historic District Listed historic place
    910 feet

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are six places to eat and ten food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk and a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

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