Woodward Avenue & Willoughby Avenue

Woodward Avenue and Willoughby Avenue meet at a three-way junction in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Starr Playground is 560 feet away. The nearest subway, Jefferson St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the L. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and two places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Woodward Avenue & Willoughby Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jefferson St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. Jefferson St 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 Starr St/Woodward Av, 350 feet away, for the B38.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Starr St/Woodward Av B38
    350 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. Willoughby Ave & Onderdonk Ave 27 docks in all
    550 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
    1,030 feet
  2. 57-77 Rust Street Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    1 mile

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

  • 3 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
34
Police precinct
104
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ridgewood
Elevation
68 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1950.

Since 2014 at least 89 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese pagoda tree and the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 12 signs on these blocks
  • 3 different rules

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

North side of Willoughby Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

South side of Willoughby Avenue

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

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 garden
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 playground

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sunset Garden
    560 feet
  2. Starr Playground
    560 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Stockholm-Dekalb-Hart Historic District Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Associated Supermarkets Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Western Beef Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and four 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 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.