Roosevelt Avenue & 74th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 74th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 28 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nine Heroes Plaza is 830 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 14 public places, seven of them religious buildings, and 107 places to eat.

Safety record
18 hurt
28 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
110 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Roosevelt Av/74 St · Q70 SBS, T320
Within a walk
14 places
7 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 74th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 110 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
    110 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
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 65 St M, R
    0.4 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/74 St, 50 feet away, for the Q70 SBS and T320.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/74 St Q70 SBS, T320
    50 feet
    Q70 SBS T320

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q70 SBS …
  2. T320 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 74th Street.

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 75 St & Roosevelt Ave 28 docks in all
    320 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. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    580 feet
  2. 35-58 72nd Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,320 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.6 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.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018

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)
Jackson Heights
Elevation
65 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,800 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 1966.

Since 2014 at least 56 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

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

East side of 74th Street

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

West side of 74th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 7PM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY OTHERS NO STANDING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 466535 and 466559.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 7 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 pedestrian plaza
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    500 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    580 feet
  3. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    830 feet
Show all 4
  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    1,200 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    830 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,270 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    250 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    220 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    450 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,160 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,290 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    980 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 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 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 74th 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.