Roosevelt Avenue & 70th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 70th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Woodside, Queens. The corner is also named Little Manila Avenue by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Queens New Roots (East) is 1,300 feet away. The nearest subway, 69 St, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 74 places to eat.

Safety record
4 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
69 St
310 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
280 feet
Roosevelt Av/69 St · Q32, T320
Within a walk
14 places
9 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 70th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 69 St, 310 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 69 St 7
    310 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    1,020 feet
    7 E F M R
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/69 St, 280 feet away, for the Q32 and T320.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/69 St Q32, T320 · Shelter
    280 feet
    Q32 T320
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 69 St & 38 Ave 24 docks in all
    500 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 920 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    680 feet
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 3 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2024.

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

This corner is also named Little Manila Avenue, a co-naming enacted on January 15, 2022 (Local Law 54 of 2022).

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Since 2014 at least 58 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Little Manila Avenue.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 70th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 70th Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING TUESDAY 9AM-10:30AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-9AM

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 10AM-4PM SATURDAY 9AM-7PM
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-10AM 4PM-7PM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 466895 and 467210.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 garden
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. ABC Kiddieland Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    780 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pigeon Paradise Park
    1,060 feet
  2. General Hart Playground
    1,060 feet
  3. Queens New Roots (East) Garden
    1,300 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,150 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 74 places to eat and 17 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 70th Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

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