Woodward Avenue & Putnam Avenue

Woodward Avenue and Putnam Avenue 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, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St. Matthias School stands 530 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about two minutes on foot, for the M. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 38 places to eat.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
440 feet · 2 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
510 feet
Fairview Av/Putnam Av · Q58, Q98
Within a walk
12 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Putnam Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Forest Av, 440 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Forest Av M
    440 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
    0.3 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 Fairview Av/Putnam Av, 510 feet away, for the Q58 and Q98.

  • 17 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Fairview Av/Putnam Av Q58, Q98
    510 feet
    Q58 Q98

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q58 …
  2. Q98 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

  • 5 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
    300 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
    0.7 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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 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
86 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 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 64 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

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 July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Putnam Avenue

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

South side of Putnam Avenue

  • 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

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

Within 820 feet, 241 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

  1. St. Matthias School Designated landmark
    530 feet
  2. St. Matthias Convent Designated landmark
    590 feet
  3. St. Matthias Roman Catholic Church Rectory Designated landmark
    640 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. The Greater Ridgewood Youth Council Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    720 feet
  2. Supermoon Art Space Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,000 feet
  3. I.S. 093 Ridgewood School
    1,040 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    300 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    450 feet
  2. Ridgewood Library
    800 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Landmark · listed historic place
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 38 places to eat and 20 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

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