Roosevelt Avenue & 53rd Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 53rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square is 420 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 16 public places, four of them parks, and 29 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
4 hurt
12 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
50 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Roosevelt Av/52 St · T320
Within a walk
16 places
4 parks, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 53rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 50 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    50 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
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/52 St, 280 feet away, for the T320.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/52 St T320
    280 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 3 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 53 St & Roosevelt Ave 21 docks in all
    60 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 12 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 4 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in August 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • 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)
Woodside
Elevation
107 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 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 43 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2023 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 53rd Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 53rd Street

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

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-7PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 422517 and 426766.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Sixteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 parks
  • 4 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 library
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    440 feet
  2. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    880 feet
  3. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    880 feet
Show all 4
  1. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    420 feet
  2. Steinmann Triangle
    610 feet
  3. Doughboy Park
    1,070 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    1,270 feet
  2. Sabba Park
    1,290 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    780 feet
  2. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    1,110 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    980 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Universe 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 29 places to eat and 11 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 53rd Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

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