Roosevelt Avenue & 54th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 54th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Doughboy Park is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 20 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 30 places to eat. About 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
6 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
250 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
330 feet
Roosevelt Av/55 St · Q32
Within a walk
20 places
7 religious buildings, 4 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 54th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 250 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    250 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/55 St, 330 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/55 St Q32
    330 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 53 St & Roosevelt Ave 21 docks in all
    290 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
    0.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 6 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 May 2026.

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
106 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 3,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1964.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 21 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 54th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 54th 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 3 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 4 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

Twenty public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    590 feet
  2. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    720 feet
  3. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Formula B Parisien Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  2. Razi School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinmann Triangle
    320 feet
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    700 feet
  3. Doughboy Park
    780 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    990 feet
  2. Sohncke Square
    1,160 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    500 feet
  2. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    820 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 325/Ladder 163 Fire station
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 30 places to eat and 12 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 54th 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.