Ridgewood

Queens71 scored streetsAlso covers Wyckoff Heights

Ridgewood's middle street scores 53 of 100, 15th of 57 Queens neighborhoods, and its 71 scored streets split evenly at the ends: 22 grade B or better and 22 grade C or lower. Catalpa Ave, the best-scoring residential block, reads 81. St Felix Ave reads 32. Forty-nine points separate them inside one neighborhood, and half of the scored streets sit between 46 and 60.

Access is the strong column at 68 of 100, 4th in Queens. Quietness reads 44, 45th of 57, and cleanliness 50, 48th. Illegal parking is the most-filed record on Ridgewood streets, 14,947 of 54,172 complaints and violations, 28% of the log, and 67th Ave carries 2,709 records, the heaviest here. Bushwick is over the Brooklyn line to the southwest, with a middle street at 49.

53
Median livability · 15th of 57 in Queens

22 of 71 scored Ridgewood streets grade B or better.

Best blockCatalpa Ave 81Lowest-scoring blockSt Felix Ave 32
54,172 reports and violations · counted through Sep 15, 2026

Ridgewood on the record

  • Ridgewood's 71 scored streets run from 30 to 81, and half of them sit between 46 and 60.
  • 22 of those 71 streets grade B or better and 22 grade C or lower.
  • Catalpa Ave scores 81, the best of the residential blocks at least half inside Ridgewood, and St Felix Ave scores 32, the lowest.
  • Access averages 68 of 100, 4th of 57 Queens neighborhoods, and traffic safety averages 42, 34th.
  • Quietness averages 44, 45th of 57, and the neighborhood's streets run from 1 to 95 on that column.
  • Cleanliness averages 50, 48th of 57, and Ridgewood streets run from 2 to 100 on that column.
  • Illegal parking is the most-filed record on Ridgewood streets, 14,947 of 54,172 complaints and violations, or 28% of the log, and 67th Ave carries 2,709 of them.
  • Wyckoff Heights sits inside this page as well as inside Bushwick, and a search for it resolves here in Queens.

Where Ridgewood is strong, and where it is not

Each row is Ridgewood's average on a 0 to 100 scale. The grey span is how far its own streets spread. The thin line is the Queens median.

Most filedIllegal parking, 14,947 of 54,172 reports (28%)

The best and lowest-scoring blocks on Ridgewood

Every street with at least a tenth of its length inside the neighborhood. Streets are scored end to end.

Every street in Ridgewood, ranked

87 streets, 71 scored
87 streets in Ridgewood, 71 of them scored. Sortable by every column.
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1Catalpa Avenue453 reports7681
2Myrtle Avenue1,240 reports9577
3Woodward Avenue639 reports6873
4St Nicholas Avenue486 reports7571
5Forest Avenue708 reports6969
6Onderdonk Avenue723 reports7269
7Seneca Avenue1,366 reports2068
8Gates Avenue532 reports8867
9Putnam Avenue659 reports3867
10Stephen Street174 reports8267

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Questions about Ridgewood

Is Ridgewood a good place to live?

Ridgewood's middle street scores 53 of 100, 15th of 57 Queens neighborhoods, and its 71 scored streets divide evenly at the ends, 22 grading B or better and 22 grading C or lower. Catalpa Ave reads 81 and St Felix Ave reads 32. Access is the strongest column at 68 of 100, fourth in Queens.

Is Ridgewood quiet?

Quietness averages 44 of 100 across Ridgewood's 71 scored streets, 45th of 57 Queens neighborhoods, and those streets run from 1 to 95 on the quiet column.

Is Ridgewood clean?

Cleanliness averages 50 of 100 in Ridgewood, 48th of 57 Queens neighborhoods. Illegal parking is the most-filed record on these streets at 14,947 of 54,172 complaints and violations, 28% of everything logged.