Roosevelt Avenue & 56th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 56th 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. Woodside Doughboy Statue is 430 feet away. The nearest subway, 52 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 23 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 40 places to eat. About 1,600 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
800 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av · Q32
Within a walk
23 places
7 religious buildings, 4 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 56th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 52 St, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 52 St 7
    800 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

Bus

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

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Skillman Av Q32
    60 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 23 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 7 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Skillman Ave & 54 St 19 docks in all
    410 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway eastbound at 65th Place & Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 49-15 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, two fast chargers
    0.7 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, October 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
87 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 1,600 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.

Trees

NYC Parks records 50 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the green ash and the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 and September 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 56th Street

  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 11AM-12:30PM

West side of 56th Street

  • No parking 8 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 11AM-12:30PM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

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 23 public places.

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

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 011 Kathryn Phelan School
    400 feet
  2. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    810 feet
  3. Kids Rainbowland Nursery School Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    820 feet
Show all 8
  1. Greater New York Academy School
    1,000 feet
  2. Razi School
    1,100 feet
  3. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  4. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet
  5. Bean and Sprout Kids Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Steinmann Triangle
    50 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    300 feet
  3. Sohncke Square
    620 feet
Show all 5
  1. Lawrence Virgilio Playground
    960 feet
  2. John Vincent Daniels Jr. Square
    1,250 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Library
    430 feet
  2. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    430 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Windmuller Park Mini Pool Swimming pool
    1,290 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,180 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    1,100 feet
  2. Fresh N Save Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,270 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 40 places to eat and 15 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 14 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 56th 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 Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.