74th Street & 44th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 74th Street and 44th Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Adventist Jackson Heights Church is 730 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
0.4 miles · 7 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
870 feet
Woodside Av/75 St · Q47
Within a walk
12 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
74th Street & 44th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.4 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    0.4 miles
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodside Av/75 St, 870 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodside Av/75 St Q47
    870 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 74th Street.

  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 74 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    650 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 68th Street & Queens Boulevard, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 7014 Garfield Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11373
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
84 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 110 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Norway maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 29 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 44th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 44th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 74th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 74th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, at P.S. 12 James P. Colgate.

  1. Winged Shadows Sculpture by Robert Adzema, 1987
    810 feet

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools

Schools and child care

  1. Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    790 feet
  2. Jackson Heights SDA School
    920 feet
  3. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School
    980 feet
Show all 4
  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 46-16 76th Street Pre-K center
    1,040 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    430 feet
  2. Adventist Jackson Heights Church House of worship
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and two 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 nearest corners on foot, seven of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 44th Avenue or 74th Street.

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 Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health and NYS Agriculture and Markets, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.