Neighborhood Guide

Ridgewood


Ridgewood is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens. It borders the neighborhoods of Maspeth, Middle Village and Glendale, as well as the Brooklyn neighborhood of Bushwick. Historically, the neighborhood straddled the Queens-Brooklyn boundary. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 5.

The M runs through the heart of Ridgewood, and its connection to the L at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues at the south end of Ridgewood is a transportation hub, with a 60 million dollar renovation completed in 2007. At the end of the M train is the Fresh Pond Yard, a storage yard for the M train.The Ridgewood Terminal at that station serves the B13, B26, B52, B54, Q55, and Q58 bus lines. The B20, B38, Q39 and Q54 bus lines also serve Ridgewood. In addition, the neighborhood is home to the large Fresh Pond Bus Depot, which services many of the buses that run throughout Brooklyn and Queens.