117th Street & 103rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 117th Street and 103rd Avenue is in South Ozone Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. South Richmond Hill Post Office is 770 feet away. The nearest subway, Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are six public places and 23 places to eat. About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1931, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd
800 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
900 feet
Liberty Av/118 St · Q112
Within a walk
6 places
1 day care or pre-K site, 1 library and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
117th Street & 103rd Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd, 800 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A
    800 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 111 St A
    0.4 miles
    A

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/118 St, 900 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/118 St Q112
    900 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 28 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

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

  1. 91-62 Lefferts Boulevard Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1.2 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 2 people injured
  • 1 person killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in September 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11419
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
South Ozone Park
Elevation
43 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1931.

Trees

NYC Parks records 52 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Sterling' silver linden.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between September 2018 and December 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 117th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 117th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 410679.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building
  • 1 school
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Bena Institute of Vocational Trainin Trade or language school
    830 feet
  2. Heartshare Human SVCS Cuomo First School
    1,140 feet
  3. Heartshare Human Services of New York Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,210 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefferts Library
    780 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. South Richmond Hill Post Office
    770 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    620 feet
  2. Chase Bank branch
    1,060 feet
  3. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    610 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. Key Food Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 23 places to eat and 14 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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 103rd Avenue or 117th Street.

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