Roosevelt Avenue & 89th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 89th Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 23 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about a minute on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 57 places to eat. About 2,700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
11 hurt
23 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
300 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
1,320 feet
Hampton St/Britton Av · Q29
Within a walk
3 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 religious building and 1 more kind, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 89th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 300 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    300 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.4 miles
    7
  2. Junction Blvd 7
    0.4 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Hampton St/Britton Av, 1,320 feet away, for the Q29.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Hampton St/Britton Av Q29
    1,320 feet
    Q29

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 80 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Elmhurst Ave & Roosevelt Ave 22 docks in all
    400 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-21 Junction Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 81-09 41st Avenue Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.6 miles
  3. 74-15 Northern Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 23 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 11 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in June 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 3
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110 and 115 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Elmhurst
Elevation
64 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,700 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 1929 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 27 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 24 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

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

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8am to 7pm on Roosevelt Avenue (south side).

East side of 89th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Time-limited parking 1 sign 2 HOUR PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • Truck loading only 2 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY 8:30AM-7PM ALL DAYS

West side of 89th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404921, 406900, 466553 and 467010.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 21 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded mostly as Anglo-American Garden Home, and mostly built in 1924.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    1,220 feet
  2. Children's Big Apple Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    470 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    530 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    810 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 57 places to eat and 27 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 18 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 89th 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, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.