Woodward Avenue & Stanhope Street

Woodward Avenue and Stanhope Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Learners and Leaders is 1,170 feet away. The nearest subway, DeKalb Av, is about nine minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are four public places and six places to eat. About 1,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
DeKalb Av
0.5 miles · 9 min on foot · L
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
Stanhope St/Woodward Av · B38
Within a walk
4 places
1 listed historic place, 1 playground and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Stanhope Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. DeKalb Av L
    0.5 miles
    L

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. L …
Outbound
1 line
  1. L …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Stanhope St/Woodward Av, 120 feet away, for the B38.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B38 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Borden Avenue & 60th Street, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 18-84 Flushing Avenue Gas station
    0.4 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
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 5 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 March 2026.

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

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,400 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 1920 and 1930.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 37 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2019 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Stanhope Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • Road tests only 3 signs NYS ROAD TEST ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-5PM

South side of Stanhope Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM

East side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 13 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.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Four public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Learners and Leaders School
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Grover Cleveland Playground
    520 feet

Libraries, museums and history

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

Supermarkets

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

Food stores and places to eat

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

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Stanhope 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.