Roosevelt Avenue & 79th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 79th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 29 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Public School No. 69 stands 630 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about three minutes on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 14 public places, four of them trade or language schools, and 104 places to eat.

Safety record
19 hurt
29 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
820 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
240 feet
Roosevelt Av/78 St · Q32, Q33
Within a walk
14 places
4 trade or language schools, 2 parks and 7 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 79th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 820 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    820 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway 7, E, F, M, R
    1,180 feet
    7 E F M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Roosevelt Av/78 St, 240 feet away, for the Q32 and Q33.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …
  2. Q33 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 97 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 2 of them on-street corrals
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 79 St & Roosevelt Ave 23 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, 0.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    1,280 feet
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.8 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 29 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 19 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Turn calming, May 2023

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
59 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 2,700 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

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2023 and October 2025; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 79th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 79th Street

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

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Truck loading only 3 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 9AM-10AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 10AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 403306, 404062, 462957, 464427 and 465905.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 78 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
    630 feet
  2. Corn Exchange Bank / Chemical Bank Designated landmark
    730 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Fourteen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 ambulance station
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 4 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    240 feet
  2. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    490 feet
  3. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    810 feet
Show all 6
  1. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    870 feet
  2. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,010 feet
  3. P.S. 069 Jackson Heights School
    1,050 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    1,090 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    1,270 feet

Health care

  1. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,030 feet
  2. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    1,030 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Jackson Heights Post Office Landmark · listed historic place
    820 feet
  2. Older adult center at 37-06 77th Street Older adult center
    1,300 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    530 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    960 feet
  3. Apple Bank Bank branch
    1,040 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 104 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 79th 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, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.