Roosevelt Avenue & 81st Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 81st Street meet at a four-way crossing in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 31 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. English Gables stands 540 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about a minute on foot, and five subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, four of them trade or language schools, and 107 places to eat.

Safety record
11 hurt
31 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
120 feet
81 St/Roosevelt Av · Q32
Within a walk
11 places
4 trade or language schools, 2 parks and 5 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 81st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 5 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    300 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
    0.3 miles
    7 E F M R
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 81 St/Roosevelt Av, 120 feet away, for the Q32.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 81 St/Roosevelt Av Q32
    120 feet
    Q32

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q32 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 81st Street.

  • 114 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
    580 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 72-02 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    0.9 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 31 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 5 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, May 2017
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 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)
Jackson Heights
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 3,300 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.

Since 2014 at least 6 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 31 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 45 signs on these blocks
  • 9 different rules
  • 8 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between January 2024 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 81st Street

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 81st Street

  • Metered parking 6 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 402581, 462820, 468448 and 469067.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 98 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built between 1921 and 1927.

  1. Corn Exchange Bank / Chemical Bank Designated landmark
    210 feet
  2. English Gables Designated landmark
    540 feet
  3. (former) Queensboro Corporation Headquarters Designated landmark
    720 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

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

Schools and child care

  1. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    290 feet
  2. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    340 feet
  3. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    490 feet
Show all 6
  1. Udi Career Training Institute Trade or language school
    750 feet
  2. Renaissance Charter School
    930 feet
  3. BWY Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    560 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    750 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 46 Ambulance station
    1,110 feet
  2. Elmhurst Hospital Center Hospital
    1,130 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Jackson Heights Library
    1,050 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    60 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    610 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    870 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Food Dynasty Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    590 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 107 places to eat and 30 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 81st Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.