Roosevelt Avenue & 49th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 49th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC is 1,140 feet away. The nearest subway, 46 St-Bliss St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 13 public places, five of them religious buildings, and 56 places to eat. About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1932, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
46 St-Bliss St
580 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Queens Blvd/48 St · Q32, Q60
Within a walk
13 places
5 religious buildings, 3 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 49th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 46 St-Bliss St, 580 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    580 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 52 St 7
    860 feet
    7
  2. 40 St-Lowery St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Q is for Queens” (1999) by Yumi Heo at the 46 St-Bliss St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/48 St, 280 feet away, for the Q32 and Q60.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/48 St Q32, Q60 · Shelter
    280 feet
    Q32 Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 49th Street and Roosevelt Avenue.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Greenpoint Ave & 47 St 25 docks in all
    680 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    650 feet
  2. 43-10 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2023.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11104
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
90 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,200 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1932.

Since 2014 at least 26 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 51 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 14 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2018 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 49th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 49th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Simplified Colonial Revival or Art Deco, and built between 1924 and 1928.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Sabba Park.

  1. Sunnyside Memorial Obelisk, 1976
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Thirteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. High Five Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    430 feet
  2. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    670 feet
  3. Little Friends School Sunnyside Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K · landmark
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,150 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sabba Park
    110 feet
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    680 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Bliss Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    830 feet

Houses of worship

  1. All Saints Episcopal Church LIC House of worship
    1,140 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    1,170 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    770 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    880 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 56 places to eat and 22 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 49th Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

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