Roosevelt Avenue & Union Street

Roosevelt Avenue and Union Street meet at a four-way crossing in Flushing-Willets Point, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 45 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 273/Ladder 129 firehouse is 280 feet away, and NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center is 970 feet away. The nearest subway, Flushing-Main St, is about two minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 22 public places, nine of them trade or language schools, and 105 places to eat.

Safety record
26 hurt
45 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Flushing-Main St
560 feet · 2 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
20 feet
Roosevelt Av/Union St · Q12
Within a walk
22 places
9 trade or language schools, 5 religious buildings and 8 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Roosevelt Avenue & Union Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Flushing-Main St, 560 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  1. Flushing-Main St 7
    560 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 Roosevelt Av/Union St, 20 feet away, for the Q12.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Roosevelt Av/Union St Q12
    20 feet
    Q12

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q12 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on Union Street.

  • 18 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Whitestone Expressway northbound, 1 mile by car along the streets.

  1. 137-17 Northern Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 135-23 39th Avenue Charging for electric cars, eight fast chargers
    0.3 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 45 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 26 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 13 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, May 2015
  • Turn calming, April 2022

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
58 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes

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 1963 and 1996.

Since 2014 at least 15 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 26 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 40 signs on these blocks
  • 13 different rules
  • 5 active meters
  • 4 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between March 2024 and September 2026; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 6 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of Roosevelt Avenue

  • Metered parking 4 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of Union Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING 7:30AM-8AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No standing 4 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 435329, 435330, 435338 and 452146.

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as Romanesque Revival, and built between 1891 and 1892.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Within a five-minute walk there are 22 public places.

  • 9 trade or language schools
  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 career or business center
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 5 other places

Schools and child care

  1. NY Nail School Trade or language school
    430 feet
  2. American Institute of Science And Trade or language school
    540 feet
  3. Sky Language Trade or language school
    630 feet
Show all 10
  1. St Michael Catholic Academy School
    920 feet
  2. Acadia Beauty School Trade or language school
    1,020 feet
  3. Ultissima Beauty Inst at Flush Trade or language school
    1,040 feet
  4. New York Medical Career Training Cen Trade or language school
    1,110 feet
  5. Council for Urban Employment Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  6. English Language Learning Ctr Trade or language school
    1,240 feet
  7. Manhattan Language Center Trade or language school
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Bowne Playground
    800 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Lippman Plaza Pedestrian plaza
    490 feet
  2. Public space at Flushing Commons Public space
    540 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Main Street Subway Station (Dual System IRT) Listed historic place
    1,030 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Michaels Church House of worship
    650 feet
  2. Bowne Street Community Church Landmark
    780 feet
  3. First Baptist Church Flushing House of worship
    1,190 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. NYS Department of Labor Flushing Workforce1 Career Center Career or business center
    970 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 273/Ladder 129 Fire station
    280 feet
  2. 109th Precinct Police station
    820 feet

Bank branches

  1. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    380 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    940 feet
  3. Bank of America Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

  1. H Mart Supermarket
    520 feet
  2. US 1 Supermarket Supermarket
    1,150 feet
  3. Jmart Supermarket
    1,250 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    1,010 feet

Other stores

  1. Target Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. New World Mall Shopping center
    730 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 105 places to eat and 14 food stores.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Roosevelt Avenue or Union Street.

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