Roosevelt Avenue & 85th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 85th Street meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 27 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle is 480 feet away. The nearest subway, 82 St-Jackson Hts, is about three minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them trade or language schools, and 104 places to eat.

Safety record
16 hurt
27 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
82 St-Jackson Hts
830 feet · 3 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
540 feet
83 St/Roosevelt Av · Q29
Within a walk
8 places
3 trade or language schools, 2 parks and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 85th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 82 St-Jackson Hts, 830 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

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

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 83 St/Roosevelt Av, 540 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 83 St/Roosevelt Av Q29
    540 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 84 bicycle racks within 820 feet, 7 of them on-street corrals
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 84 St & Roosevelt Ave 30 docks in all
    300 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 0.9 miles by car along the streets.

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

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 27 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 16 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 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 2015
  • Turn calming, July 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, August 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 2,400 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 1925 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 15 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 green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 46 signs on these blocks
  • 12 different rules
  • 6 active meters
  • 3 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2019 and July 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 85th Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING WEDNESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8AM-4PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

West side of 85th Street

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

North side of Forley Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of Forley Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

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 5 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 463031, 463032 and 467587.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 80 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as neo-Romanesque, and mostly built between 1919 and 1924.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    860 feet
  2. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    910 feet
  3. Zoni Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    990 feet
Show all 5
  1. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    1,040 feet
  2. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    1,310 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    480 feet
  2. Dunningham Triangle
    1,000 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,100 feet
  2. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,140 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    850 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    920 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 104 places to eat and 32 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 85th Street, Forley 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.