Roosevelt Avenue & 90th Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 90th Street meet at a three-way junction in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 18 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and 66 places to eat. About 2,800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
13 hurt
18 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
30 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
90 St/35 Av · Q49
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 & 90th Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 30 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    30 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 90 St/35 Av, 0.3 miles away, for the Q49.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St/35 Av Q49
    0.3 miles
    Q49

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q49 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 87 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
    140 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway westbound at 37th Road & Brooklyn Queens Expressway Service Road, 1.2 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
    0.7 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 18 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 10 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, July 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
62 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,800 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 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 22 signs on these blocks
  • 10 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2017 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 90th Street

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

West side of 90th Street

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

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405804 and 467421.

Landmarks and historic districts

Ten buildings within 820 feet are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Anglo-American Garden Home, and 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 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Children's Big Apple Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,100 feet
  2. Las Americas Jewelry School Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Bravo Supermarket
    270 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,000 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 66 places to eat and 33 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 20 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 90th 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, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.