104th Street & 97th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 104th Street and 97th Avenue is in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, nine police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about nine minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, five of them religious buildings, and eight places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
9 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
104 St
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
690 feet
101 Av/104 St · Q8
Within a walk
10 places
5 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
104th Street & 97th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  1. 104 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Ozone Park
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On the Right Track” (2015) by Béatrice Coron at the 104 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/104 St, 690 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 5 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/104 St Q8 · Shelter
    690 feet
    Q8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 31 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.8 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.8 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1915 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 48 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Flame' Amur maple.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2016 and October 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 104th Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 104th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 97th Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 97th Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 5 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture School
    740 feet
  2. District 27 Pre-K Center at 101-20 105th Street Pre-K center
    1,010 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Maurice A FitzGerald Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spear & Company Factory Listed historic place
    1,300 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Gate of Heaven Church House of worship
    860 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103-02 101st Avenue Older adult center
    970 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    1,200 feet
  2. Market Place Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are eight places to eat and nine 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 nearest of the 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 104th Street or 97th Avenue.

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