74th Street & Woodside Avenue

The three-way junction of 74th Street and Woodside Avenue is in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jackson Heights SDA School is 330 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 20 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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74th Street & Woodside Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R
  2. 69 St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

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, 280 feet away, for the Q47.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 74th Street and Woodside Avenue.

  • 6 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 74 St & Woodside Ave 19 docks in all
    60 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
    0.4 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.5 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2022.

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
87 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 36 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between April 2015 and August 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 74th Street

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 74th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Woodside Avenue

  • No parking 10 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
    690 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Jackson Heights SDA School
    330 feet
  2. P.S. 012 James B. Colgate School
    790 feet
  3. Rainbow Christian Preschool and Kindergarten Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,120 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Marys Romanian Orthodox Church House of worship
    170 feet
  2. Adventist Jackson Heights Church House of worship
    260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 20 places to eat and nine 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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