Roosevelt Avenue & 73rd Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Diversity Plaza is 180 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about a minute on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 12 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 103 places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 73rd Street.

Safety record
5 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
160 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
150 feet
Roosevelt Av/Broadway · T320
Within a walk
12 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 73rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 160 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    160 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
    1,170 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, 150 feet away, for the T320.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 73rd Street.

  • 104 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 75 St & Roosevelt Ave 28 docks in all
    570 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
    330 feet
  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 nine crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, December 2016

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
64 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.

Since 2014 at least 56 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 thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 21 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and November 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 10am to 7pm on Roosevelt Avenue (north side).

East side of 73rd Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 73rd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403549, 467844 and 468329.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Twelve public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 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
    700 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    780 feet
  3. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,080 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    1,030 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    180 feet

Bank branches

  1. Santander Bank Bank branch
    290 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    470 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet

Supermarkets

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

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    820 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 103 places to eat and 25 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 15 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 73rd Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.