Broadway & 74th Street

Broadway and 74th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 24 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Diversity Plaza is 280 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about a minute on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 105 places to eat. About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
13 hurt
24 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
40 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Broadway/Roosevelt Av · Q47
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Broadway & 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 40 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

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

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M 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 Broadway/Roosevelt Av, 60 feet away, for the Q47.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Broadway/Roosevelt Av Q47
    60 feet
    Q47

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q47 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 74th Street and Broadway.

  • 118 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 75 St & Roosevelt Ave 28 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    610 feet
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 24 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Safety Improvement Project, 2014

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
68 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 17 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and July 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 74th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 1 sign TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

West side of 74th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY THURSDAY 8:30AM-9AM

South side of Broadway

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405534 and 464608.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    430 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    510 feet
  3. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    910 feet
Show all 4
  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    750 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,190 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    280 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    300 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    480 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    480 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,230 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 105 places to eat and 24 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 74th Street or Broadway.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.