Roosevelt Avenue & 76th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 76th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 37 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nine Heroes Plaza is 560 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 18 public places, eight of them religious buildings, and 117 places to eat. About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 76th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 380 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
    380 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. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 69 St 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, 320 feet away, for the Q32.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 75 St & Roosevelt Ave 28 docks in all
    290 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    1,110 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 37 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 23 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 9 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, May 2017
  • Turn calming, May 2023
  • 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
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 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1964.

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

Trees

Nineteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between November 2020 and January 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 10am to 7pm on Roosevelt Avenue (south side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Roosevelt Avenue (south side).

East side of 76th Street

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

West side of 76th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400656, 404112, 404914, 405810, 406293, 467399 and 468637.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 32 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1926 and 1927.

  1. Public School No. 69 Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eighteen 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
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    560 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,010 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    770 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Post Office Listed historic place
    1,190 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    400 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    700 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    770 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    980 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 117 places to eat and 25 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 19 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 76th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.