Roosevelt Avenue & 78th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 78th Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, seven police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Jackson Heights Post Office is 780 feet away. The nearest subway, Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, is about three minutes on foot, for the 7, E, F, M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, five of them trade or language schools, and 111 places to eat.

Safety record
2 hurt
7 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway
880 feet · 3 min on foot · 7, E, F, M, R
Nearest bus stop
40 feet
Roosevelt Av/78 St · Q32, Q33
Within a walk
17 places
5 trade or language schools, 4 religious buildings and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 78th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway, 880 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines at the nearest station
  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    880 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
    1,120 feet
    7
  2. 69 St 7
    0.5 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, 40 feet away, for the Q32 and Q33.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & Roosevelt Ave 23 docks in all
    340 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.6 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 seven crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
25
Police precinct
110 and 115 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
60 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 2,300 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 1926 and 1958.

Trees

Eleven 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
  • 52 signs on these blocks
  • 16 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and January 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 11PM-7AM ALL DAYS

West side of 78th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 12 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING 11PM-7AM ALL DAYS
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403780, 464426, 464427 and 468581.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 66 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1925 and 1927.

  1. Public School No. 69 Designated landmark
    540 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    180 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    190 feet
  3. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    830 feet
Show all 8
  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 75-01 Broadway Pre-K center
    1,060 feet
  2. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  3. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,160 feet
  4. Ace Institute of Technology Trade or language school
    1,200 feet
  5. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Nine Heroes Plaza
    1,070 feet
  2. Frank D. O'Connor Playground
    1,130 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Diversity Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    1,270 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    780 feet
  2. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    830 feet
  2. Apple Bank Bank branch
    870 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    900 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,280 feet
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 111 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 78th Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.