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While not the most visual appealing street in the area (St. Felix lacks the cozy tree lined feel that many other Ridgewood streets have), there is a great local vibe on this street. It is primarily residential and there is a school close to Evergreen park, so I would stay away from housing in that immediate vicinity as it can get quite noisy from the kids and the bus drop off/pick up. A big downside is that you are pretty far from the closest subway stop (the L at Halsey).

Catalpa Ave is a standard street in this area. There are fairly average detached houses, row homes and small buildings. It is primarily residential and many people who live on the sreet own cars so parking is tough. If you liive near Cypress Hills st, you can walk to the Fresh Pond M train (warning, the M train is pretty bad) otherwise there are M stops on Forest and Seneca but it is a longer walk because Catalpa takes a big southern arc once it crosses fresh pond. There are a decent amount of trees and the people are friendly. It's a two way road though so unlike some of the one way roads surrounding it, it gets a lot of traffic from cars looking to cross into Brooklyn towards Myrtle avenue.

The most obvious way to describe Ridgewood Place is that it is short. And short it is - running the length of only three short Queens blocks, this tiny little street is part residential, part commercial and part parking garage. Two out of the three blocks are occupied on the north side of the street by the back of a giant supermarket parking lot and the delivery truck bay is right against the fence and it gets loud. During the delivery rush, truck after truck turn down Ridgewood Place and fly into the parking lot. Another 20% of the street is occupied by ugly single car garages - rows and rows of them. Many more garages than houses. Strange. The good news is that it is a short walk to the supermarket and the Subway at Myrtle. The surrounding are offers a ton of places to get sundries but nothing remotely upscale in terms of dining or shopping. Rent in the area is still a bargain in comparison to other areas of similar safety and access to transit.

Yellowstone Blvd is a strange thoroughfare. On the end towards the Woodhaven Blvd split, it has your typical gritty major intersection vibe, and on the north end by Austin Street/Queens Blvd, it is busy and bustling with cars and tons of apartment buildings. In the middle however, Yellowstone Blvd offers about 5 consecutive tree lined blocks of detached homes - a rare sight in the city, but very common in this part of Forest Hills, Queens. While Yellowstone does form the northwestern boundary of Forest Hills, the street as a whole is somewhat removed from the community and vibe of that neighborhood. The core of Forest Hills (along Austin Street) is certainly accessible by foot within 10-15 minutes depending on what end of Yellowstone you live on, but you still feel that you are on the perimeter of the area and not a part of the neighborhood. Train options can be very limited depending on what end of the street you live on. The south terminus by Woodhaven Blvd for example, is quite a haul from the nearest subway. If you live on the north end by Austin St., you are about 10 minutes from the 71st Ave EFRV stop or the LIRR Forest Hills stop. If you have a car, the semi urban remoteness of this street probably won't bother you that much, but if you don't, plan on getting fed up pretty quickly as the immediate area offers very little in terms of amenities.