Roosevelt Avenue & Main Street

Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 50 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing is 460 feet away, and Flushing Post Office is 1,250 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about a minute on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 37 public places, 15 of them trade or language schools, and 282 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
25 hurt
50 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
70 feet · 1 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Main St/Roosevelt Av · Q25
Within a walk
37 places
15 trade or language schools, 6 religious buildings and 12 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & Main Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 70 feet from this corner, about a minute on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    70 feet
    7

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Happy World” (1999) by Ik-Joong Kang at the Flushing-Main St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Main St/Roosevelt Av, 50 feet away, for the Q25.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Main St/Roosevelt Av Q25
    50 feet
    Q25

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q25 …

Live arrivals

Main Street carries a lane DOT records as a shared lane, not a bus-only lane, all day, every day.

Cycling

  • 74 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway westbound, 0.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 133-11 Roosevelt Avenue Gas station
    1,240 feet
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    750 feet

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 50 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 25 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 11 of those hurt, on foot
  • 4 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, June 2009
  • Turn calming, July 2024

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11354
Community board
Queens Community Board 7
City Council district
20
Police precinct
109
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Flushing-Willets Point
Elevation
33 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • A designated truck route

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more.

Since 2014 at least 232 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

Twelve trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet; the most common is the Callery pear.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between June 2025 and September 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of Main Street

  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered, commercial vehicles only 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ONLY 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • Truck loading only 4 signs TRUCK LOADING ONLY SUNDAY 8AM-7PM

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Bus layover only 3 signs MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 458095.

Landmarks, monuments and public art

How landmarks are placed

Landmarks and historic districts

Within 820 feet is one Individual Landmark, and two buildings in all are designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Gothic Revival and neo-Gothic, one each. They were built between 1853 and 1908.

Monuments and public art

The City's public art inventory lists one work near this corner, in Flushing #2 Municipal Parking Field.

  1. Goldenrain Corners Ornamental gates by Ming Fay, about 2004
    610 feet

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 public places.

  • 15 trade or language schools
  • 6 religious buildings
  • 3 schools
  • 2 listed historic places
  • 2 older adult centers
  • 9 other places

Schools and child care

  1. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    140 feet
  2. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    280 feet
  3. Most Holy Redeemer Catholic Academy School-based preschool, ages 3 to 5 · Pre-K
    570 feet
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  1. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    280 feet
  2. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    280 feet
  3. New York Beauty School Trade or language school
    410 feet
  4. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    630 feet
  5. Zoni Language Centers - Flushing, LL Trade or language school
    650 feet
  6. Sky Language Trade or language school
    770 feet
  7. Accelerated Career Advancement Train Trade or language school
    790 feet
  8. Compu21 Institute Trade or language school
    790 feet
  9. Windsor School
    810 feet
  10. Alliance Computing Solutions Trade or language school
    840 feet
  11. Hta of New York, Inc. - Flushing School
    860 feet
  12. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    970 feet
  13. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    1,120 feet
  14. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    1,140 feet
  15. Amlotus Trade or language school
    1,140 feet
  16. International Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. James A. Bland Playground
    580 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    810 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    1,120 feet

Health care

  1. EMS Station 52 Ambulance station
    800 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    20 feet
  2. Flushing Library
    830 feet
  3. Free Synagogue of Flushing Listed historic place
    1,090 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Georges Episcopal Church Flushing Landmark · listed historic place
    460 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    830 feet
  2. Community center at Bland Community center
    940 feet
  3. Older adult center at 133-14 41st Avenue Older adult center
    1,220 feet
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  1. Flushing Post Office Listed historic place
    1,250 feet
  2. Older adult center at 40-15 College Point Boulevard Older adult center
    1,260 feet

Bank branches

  1. Bank of America Bank branch
    120 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    190 feet
  3. Chase Bank branch
    220 feet

Supermarkets

  1. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    110 feet
  2. Jmart Supermarket
    200 feet
  3. 99 Ranch Market Supermarket
    650 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    90 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.3 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    240 feet
  2. The Shops at SkyView Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 282 places to eat and 28 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Main Street or Roosevelt Avenue.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYC City Planning, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYCHA, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Public Design Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.