Roosevelt Avenue & Elbertson Street

Roosevelt Avenue and Elbertson Street meet at a three-way junction in Jackson Heights, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 14 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 1,000 feet away. The nearest subway, 90 St-Elmhurst Av, is about four minutes on foot, and three subway lines stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and 65 places to eat.

Safety record
10 hurt
14 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
970 feet · 4 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
910 feet
83 St/Roosevelt Av · Q29
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & Elbertson Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 90 St-Elmhurst Av, 970 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 3 lines within a ten-minute walk
  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    970 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
    1,190 feet
    7
  2. Elmhurst Av M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 83 St/Roosevelt Av, 910 feet away, for the Q29.

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

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q29 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

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

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 87 St & Roosevelt Ave 23 docks in all
    190 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 mile 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
    0.5 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 14 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 10 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 4 of those hurt, on foot
  • 3 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11372
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
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)
Jackson Heights

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 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 1925 and 1951.

Since 2014 at least 3 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 'Sterling' silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2023 and May 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on Roosevelt Avenue (north side).

North side of Elbertson Street

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Elbertson Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

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
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 406924 and 468904.

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet, 58 buildings are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded most often as Anglo-American Garden Home, 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.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 89q: the Jose Peralta School of Dreamers School
    1,000 feet
  2. P.S. Q222 - Fire Fighter Christopher A. Santora School Pre-K
    1,050 feet
  3. Penaranda Inst of Dental Lab Tech Trade or language school
    1,220 feet
Show all 5
  1. Little Friends School Elmhurst Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet
  2. NY Lang Ctr Trade or language school
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Manuel De Dios Unanue Triangle
    840 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    1,070 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    1,140 feet
  3. Bravo Supermarket
    1,200 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    1,280 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 65 places to eat and 26 food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Elbertson Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

Sources: 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 Technology and Innovation, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.