Roosevelt Avenue & 60th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 60th Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 12 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Sohncke Square is 490 feet away, and Woodside Doughboy Statue is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 21 public places, 11 of them religious buildings, and 58 places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1950, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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Roosevelt Avenue & 60th Street Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 330 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    330 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 52 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. 69 St 7
    0.4 miles
    7

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Commuting/Community” (1986) by John Cavanagh and “Woodside Continuum” (1999) by Dimitri Gerakaris at the 61 St-Woodside station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/61 St, 320 feet away, for the T320.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/61 St T320
    320 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Woodside Ave & 60 St 21 docks in all
    150 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 60-11 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.7 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018

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
56 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1950.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 25 signs on these blocks
  • 11 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2019 and August 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Roosevelt Avenue (south side).

East side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

West side of 60th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 414667, 420010, 425525 and 428335.

Monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

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

  1. Woodside Memorial Stele, 1971
    120 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

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

  • 11 religious buildings
  • 3 parks
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 monument or memorial
  • 2 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    70 feet
  2. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    210 feet
  3. St Sebastian Catholic Academy School
    700 feet
Show all 5
  1. Adventureland Child Care Center Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,130 feet
  2. Greater New York Academy School
    1,260 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sohncke Square
    490 feet
  2. Doughboy Park
    1,120 feet
  3. Steinmann Triangle
    1,230 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Woodside Doughboy Statue Monument or memorial
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Episcopal Church Woodside House of worship
    700 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    660 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    230 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    630 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    270 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    130 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 58 places to eat and 18 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:

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