Roosevelt Avenue & Elmhurst Avenue

Roosevelt Avenue and Elmhurst Avenue meet at a four-way crossing in Elmhurst, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 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 68 places to eat. About 2,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1930 and 1951, most in buildings of ten homes or more. NYC Parks records 32 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Safety record
8 hurt
15 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
90 St-Elmhurst Av
90 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 & Elmhurst Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  1. 90 St-Elmhurst Av 7
    90 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

A marked bike lane runs on Elmhurst Avenue.

  • 88 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
    80 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 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 8 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 3 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, April 2022

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

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 2,600 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 1930 and 1951.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 32 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
  • 15 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 5 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2017 and July 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Elmhurst Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM

West side of Elmhurst Avenue

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 7:30AM-8AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

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 standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 404973, 406887, 466951, 466952 and 468621.

Landmarks and historic districts

Five 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
    1,040 feet
  2. Las Americas Jewelry School Trade or language school
    1,220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Bravo Supermarket
    200 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    270 feet
  3. Trade Fair Supermarket
    1,070 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 68 places to eat and 34 food stores.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along Elmhurst Avenue or Roosevelt Avenue.

Sources: NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, 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.