222nd Street & 97th Avenue
The three-way junction of 222nd Street and 97th Avenue is in Queens Village, Queens, and is also named Melvin Harris Way by local law. Between 2021 and 2025, three police-reported crashes were recorded here, the median for a Queens corner. In 2025, 819 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. The nearest bus stop, Jamaica Av/222 St, is 1,170 feet away for the Q36 and Q110, and six bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are two public places and three places to eat.
Map
Getting there
How walks are measuredBus
The nearest bus stop is Jamaica Av/222 St, 1,170 feet away, for the Q36 and Q110.
- 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
- Jamaica Av/222 St Q36, Q1101,170 feetQ36 Q110
Next buses at this stop
- Q36 …
- Q110 …
Cycling
A marked bike lane runs on 222nd Street.
By car
The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Cross Island Parkway southbound at Hempstead Avenue & Cross Island Parkway, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.
- 239-15 Jamaica Avenue Gas station0.7 miles
- 229-20 Hillside Avenue Charging for electric cars, Level 2 chargers1.3 miles
Safety record
How crashes are countedBetween 2021 and 2025, police reported three crashes at this corner, the median for a Queens corner.
- 2 people injured
- 0 people killed
The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2025.
Camera tickets
How tickets are countedIn 2025, 819 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 887th most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.
In 2026 so far, through August 27, 412 more were issued.
About this corner
Where facts come from- ZIP code
- 11429
- Community board
- Queens Community Board 13
- City Council district
- 27
- Police precinct
- 105
- Neighborhood (City Planning area)
- Queens Village
- Elevation
- 73 feet above sea level
This corner is also named Melvin Harris Way, a co-naming enacted on August 3, 2016 (Local Law 92 of 2016).
The streets
- Up to two travel lanes
Homes
About 300 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1925 and 1964.
Trees
NYC Parks records 35 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the 'Ivory Silk' Japanese tree lilac.
The Department of Records' Honorary Street Names dataset has its own note on Melvin Harris Way.
Places within a walk
How places are listedTwo public places are within a five-minute walk.
- 2 religious buildings
Supermarkets
- Food Universe Supermarket0.3 miles
Food stores and places to eat
Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.
Not on record for this corner:
- A subway entrance within a ten-minute walk
- A signal or safety change
- A parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here
- A designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet
Nearby corners
The eight nearest corners on foot, four of them within a three-minute walk:
- 222nd Street & 99th Avenue 520 feet
- 222nd Street & 96th Avenue 670 feet
- 222nd Street & 100th Avenue 780 feet
- 221st Street & 99th Avenue 790 feet
- 222nd Street & 95th Avenue 930 feet
- 222nd Street & 100th Road 940 feet
- 221st Street & 100th Avenue 980 feet
- Jamaica Avenue & 222nd Street 1,040 feet
See every intersection along 222nd Street or 97th Avenue.