Roosevelt Avenue & 91st Street

Roosevelt Avenue and 91st Street meet at a three-way junction in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 13 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, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 67 places to eat. About 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1929 and 1952, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
5 hurt
13 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
280 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
0.3 miles
90 St/35 Av · Q49
Within a walk
3 places
2 day care or pre-K sites and 1 trade or language school, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & 91st Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 280 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    280 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
    0.3 miles
    7
  2. 82 St-Jackson Hts 7
    0.5 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

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Benham St & Roosevelt Ave 24 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 13 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2018
  • Turn calming, October 2024
  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2025

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)
Jackson Heights
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 2,400 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1929 and 1952.

Since 2014 at least 37 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 11 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 4 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and August 2026, 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 91st Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 91st 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

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406887, 465235, 466952 and 467623.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Las Americas Jewelry School Trade or language school
    1,030 feet
  2. Children's Big Apple Early Childhood Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Moving Up Children Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,160 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    10 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    460 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,260 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 67 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 91st 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, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.