Roosevelt Avenue & 55th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 55th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan is 320 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 34 places to eat. About 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1963, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
52 St
520 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Roosevelt Av/55 St · Q32
Within a walk
21 places
7 religious buildings, 4 parks and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 55th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 520 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    520 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
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 46 St-Bliss St 7
    0.5 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/55 St, 60 feet away, for the Q32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Skillman Ave & 54 St 19 docks in all
    300 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
    0.4 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 six crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2021

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
101 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 2,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 53 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 55th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 55th Street

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

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 21 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    320 feet
  2. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    710 feet
  3. Razi School
    990 feet
Show all 6
  1. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,000 feet
  2. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    1,080 feet
  3. Greater New York Academy School
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinmann Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    560 feet
  3. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    850 feet
Show all 5
  1. Sohncke Square
    890 feet
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    980 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    220 feet
  2. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    550 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Fresh N Save 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 34 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 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th 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.