Roosevelt Avenue & 77th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 77th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 38 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights is 720 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 14 public places, four of them religious buildings, and 108 places to eat.

Safety record
14 hurt
38 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
630 feet · 2 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
270 feet
Roosevelt Av/78 St · Q32, Q33
Within a walk
14 places
4 religious buildings, 2 day care or pre-K sites and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 77th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 630 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
    630 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/78 St, 270 feet away, for the Q32 and Q33.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/78 St Q32, Q33
    270 feet
    Q32 Q33

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 120 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 75 St & Roosevelt Ave 28 docks in all
    540 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
    0.3 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue 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 38 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 14 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 6 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2015
  • Turn calming, April 2022
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, May 2022

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
  • Posted limits from 20 to 25 mph
  • 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 1958.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Fourteen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common are the Japanese zelkova and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 42 signs on these blocks
  • 14 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2022 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 7 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 77th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404112, 404914 and 466276.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 59 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
    580 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 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
    60 feet
  2. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    430 feet
  3. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    720 feet
Show all 5
  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    810 feet
  2. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    950 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    820 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    880 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,020 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    750 feet
  2. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    940 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    650 feet
  2. Citibank Bank branch
    950 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,120 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,030 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    1,230 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 108 places to eat and 23 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 77th 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.