Roosevelt Avenue & 75th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 75th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 32 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Frank D. O'Connor Playground is 1,140 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 17 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 112 places to eat.

Safety record
17 hurt
32 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
120 feet · 1 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
60 feet
Roosevelt Av/75 St · Q32
Within a walk
17 places
8 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 6 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 75th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 120 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
    120 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. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7

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/75 St, 60 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/75 St Q32
    60 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 121 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
    60 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
    850 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 32 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 17 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 8 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in January 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, May 2023
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, November 2024

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
67 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1965.

Since 2014 at least 9 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 28 trees 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
  • 12 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between July 2019 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 75th Street

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

West side of 75th Street

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400658, 406293 and 468637.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 8 religious buildings
  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 park
  • 3 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    300 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    450 feet
  3. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
Show all 5
  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    940 feet
  2. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    1,230 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    700 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,140 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    520 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    140 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    440 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    720 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    900 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,030 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,240 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 112 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 75th 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.