Woodward Avenue & Palmetto Street

Woodward Avenue and Palmetto Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, ten police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. I.S. 093 Ridgewood is 1,040 feet away. The nearest subway, Seneca Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 41 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
10 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Seneca Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
350 feet
Gates Av/Woodward Av · B13
Within a walk
12 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Palmetto Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Seneca Av, 960 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Seneca Av M
    960 feet
    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
    1,220 feet
    M
  2. Myrtle-Wyckoff Avs L, M
    0.5 miles
    L 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, 350 feet away, for the B13.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Madison St & Woodward Ave 20 docks in all
    540 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 1517 Myrtle Avenue Gas station
    0.7 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
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 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
90 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 1911 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 74 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2021 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Palmetto Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Woodward Avenue

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

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 131 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1910 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    820 feet
  2. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    1,040 feet
  3. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
Show all 4
  1. Wbees Forest House Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,070 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    890 feet
  2. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    940 feet
  3. Ridgewood Library
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    1,230 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 41 places to eat and 16 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Palmetto 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.