Woodward Avenue & Menahan Street

Woodward Avenue and Menahan Street 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. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about seven minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, five of them religious buildings, and 23 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
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
880 feet
Gates Av/Woodward Av · B13
Within a walk
7 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Menahan 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 seven 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
    0.4 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 Gates Av/Woodward Av, 880 feet away, for the B13.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Gates Av/Woodward Av B13
    880 feet
    B13

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Menahan St & Onderdonk Ave 20 docks in all
    500 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
    0.9 miles
  3. 66-26 Metropolitan Avenue Fast charging for electric cars
    1.2 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
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 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
95 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 76 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and June 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Menahan Street

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

South side of Menahan Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Woodward Avenue

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

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 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
    480 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,180 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 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 Menahan 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.