Woodward Avenue & Woodbine Street

Woodward Avenue and Woodbine Street meet at a four-way crossing in Ridgewood, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Rosemary's Playground is 40 feet away. The nearest subway, Forest Av, is about four minutes on foot, and two subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 42 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1911 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
2 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Forest Av
960 feet · 4 min on foot · M
Nearest bus stop
610 feet
Gates Av/Woodward Av · B13
Within a walk
14 places
6 religious buildings, 3 listed historic places and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Woodward Avenue & Woodbine Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. Forest 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. Seneca Av M
    1,160 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 Forest Av station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Gates Av/Woodward Av, 610 feet away, for the B13.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. B13 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on Woodward Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Vermont Place & J Robinson Parkway, 1.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 960 Cypress Avenue Gas station
    0.6 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 two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, March 2018
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2024

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 2,000 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 96 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

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 May 2017 and June 2023, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Woodbine Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Woodbine Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of Woodward Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 1 sign TRUCK LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-5PM

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 166 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Renaissance Revival, and mostly built between 1911 and 1913.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Rosemary's Playground
    40 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Ridgewood Library
    940 feet
  2. Seneca-Onderdonk-Woodward Historic District Listed historic place
    960 feet
  3. Woodbine-Palmetto-Gates Historic District Listed historic place
    1,150 feet
Show all 4
  1. Grove-Linden-St. John's Historic District Listed historic place
    1,210 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Matthias RC Church Listed historic place
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. Billy's Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 42 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Woodbine Street or Woodward Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.