102nd Street & 63rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 102nd Street and 63rd Avenue is in Forest Hills, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Real Good Playground is 820 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about ten minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and four places to eat.

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102nd Street & 63rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 63 Dr-Rego Park, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    0.5 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 63 Rd/102 St, 360 feet away, for the Q38, QM10, QM11 and QM40.

  • 13 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 63 Rd/102 St Q38, QM10, QM11, QM40
    360 feet
    Q38 QM10 QM11 QM40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q38 …
  2. QM10 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 9 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 63 Ave & 99 St 18 docks in all
    620 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at 62nd Avenue & Apex Place, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 105-55 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    970 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1 mile

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in July 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Forest Hills
Elevation
40 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes

Homes

About 1,900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1947 and 1956.

Trees

NYC Parks records 41 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the arborvitae.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 30 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and May 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 102nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 102nd Street

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 63rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 63rd Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 11:30AM-1PM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 playgrounds
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Beth Jacob Jewish Educational Center Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    590 feet
  2. Fairy Tale Day Care Infant and toddler care, ages 0 to 2
    880 feet
  3. Creative Discovery Preschool Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    930 feet
Show all 4
  1. J.H.S. 157 Stephen A. Halsey School
    960 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Real Good Playground
    820 feet
  2. Barrier Playground
    1,040 feet
  3. Playground Sixty Two LXII Playground
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are four places to eat and three food stores.

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

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

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