Roosevelt Avenue & 72nd Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 72nd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Pigeon Paradise is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, six of them religious buildings, and 107 places to eat. About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1965, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
16 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
510 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
500 feet
Roosevelt Av/Broadway · T320
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 & 72nd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 510 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    510 feet
    7 E F M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …
Manhattan
5 lines
  1. 7 …
  2. E …
  3. F …
  4. M …
  5. R …

Also within a walk

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

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Passage” (2004) by Tom Patti at the Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/Broadway, 500 feet away, for the T320.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Broadway T320
    500 feet
    T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 72 St & Broadway 20 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    at this corner
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 28 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 5 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, February 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, September 2025

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110 and 115 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
63 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1927 and 1965.

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

Trees

Eighteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the bald cypress.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 15 different rules
  • 7 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and September 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, 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 72nd Street

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

West side of 72nd Street

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

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 467210, 467211, 467843 and 468329.

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 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,060 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  3. ABC Kiddieland Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Pigeon Paradise Park
    1,220 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    540 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    640 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    820 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    1,010 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,170 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 places to eat and 23 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 72nd 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.