Roosevelt Avenue & 51st Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 51st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Sunnyside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The obelisk “Sunnyside Memorial” is 620 feet away, and Steinmann Triangle is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, three of them parks, and 39 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1967, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
8 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
260 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Roosevelt Av/51 St · Q32
Within a walk
10 places
3 parks, 3 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 51st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 260 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    260 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    1,190 feet
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/51 St, 60 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/51 St Q32 · Shelter
    60 feet
    Q32
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 51st Street.

  • 26 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 51 St & Queens Blvd 20 docks in all
    330 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at 51st Avenue & Laurel Hill Boulevard, 0.8 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
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, March 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11377
Community board
Queens Community Board 2
City Council district
26
Police precinct
108
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Sunnyside
Elevation
98 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1929 and 1967.

Since 2014 at least 66 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 61 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2015 and July 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 51st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 51st Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No stopping 3 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Sunnyside Memorial Obelisk, 1976
    620 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    260 feet
  2. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    540 feet
  3. High Five Early Childhood Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    630 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    80 feet
  2. Sabba Park
    590 feet
  3. Steinmann Triangle
    1,300 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    560 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,020 feet
  2. Food Universe Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. H Mart Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 39 places to eat and 14 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 51st Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

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