Roosevelt Avenue & 62nd Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 62nd Street meet at a three-way junction in Woodside, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Woodside Post Office is 310 feet away. The nearest subway, 61 St-Woodside, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 63 places to eat. About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1925 and 1940, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
7 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
61 St-Woodside
100 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Roosevelt Av/61 St · Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS
Within a walk
11 places
6 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 62nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 61 St-Woodside, 100 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 61 St-Woodside 7
    100 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 69 St 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

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, 20 feet away, for the Q53 SBS and Q70 SBS.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/61 St Q53 SBS, Q70 SBS
    20 feet
    Q53 SBS Q70 SBS

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q53 SBS …
  2. Q70 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 61 St & Woodside Ave 20 docks in all
    590 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 63-07 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 62-10 Northern Boulevard Charging for electric cars, six Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 57-02 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

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

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1940.

Trees

Thirteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the European hornbeam and the Japanese tree lilac.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 20 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2017 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 62nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY THURSDAY SATURDAY 7AM-7:30AM

West side of 62nd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY WEDNESDAY FRIDAY 7AM-7:30AM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 420329, 420569 and 421118.

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
    760 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 6 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Expanding Horizons Institute Trade or language school
    490 feet
  2. Woodside Friends Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  3. ABC Kiddieland Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Sohncke Square
    1,140 feet

Houses of worship

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

Community centers and public services

  1. Woodside Post Office
    310 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    690 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    880 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    680 feet

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 63 places to eat and 21 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and 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 62nd Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

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