42nd Avenue & 97th Place

The four-way crossing of 42nd Avenue and 97th Place is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The Engine 289/Ladder 138 firehouse is 640 feet away. The nearest subway, Junction Blvd, is about five minutes on foot, for the 7. Within a five-minute walk are 17 public places, nine of them religious buildings, and 35 places to eat. About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1931 and 1964, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
3 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Junction Blvd
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · 7
Nearest bus stop
680 feet
Junction Blvd/43 Av · Q72
Within a walk
17 places
9 religious buildings, 4 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
42nd Avenue & 97th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Junction Blvd, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. Junction Blvd 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Next trains at this station

Outbound
1 line
  1. 7 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 7 …

Also within a walk

  1. 103 St-Corona Plaza 7
    0.3 miles
    7

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junction Blvd/43 Av, 680 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 3 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/43 Av Q72
    680 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 42nd Avenue and 97th Place.

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 1 more bike-share station within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 98 St & 41 Ave 22 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1.1 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 43-21 Junction Boulevard Gas station
    940 feet
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    0.9 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    1.1 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21
Police precinct
110
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Corona
Elevation
55 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,600 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1931 and 1964.

Since 2014 at least 3 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 40 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 23 signs on these blocks
  • 5 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2021 and August 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 42nd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of 42nd Avenue

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

East side of 97th Place

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING MONDAY-FRIDAY 8AM-6PM

West side of 97th Place

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

Landmarks and historic districts

One building within 820 feet is designated by the Landmarks Preservation Commission, recorded as French Renaissance, and built between 1912 and 1914.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seventeen public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 9 religious buildings
  • 4 schools
  • 2 parks
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 police station

Schools and child care

  1. P.S. 110 School
    460 feet
  2. Corona Arts & Sciences Academy School
    750 feet
  3. P.S. 019 Marino Jeantet School
    1,100 feet
Show all 4
  1. Pioneer Academy School
    1,300 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Veteran's Square
    1,010 feet
  2. American Triangle
    1,250 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Bangladesh Hindu Mandir House of worship
    1,290 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 289/Ladder 138 Fire station · landmark
    640 feet
  2. 110th Precinct Police station
    1,240 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Fine Fare Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  2. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    1,130 feet
  3. Ideal Food Basket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Walgreens Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 35 places to eat and 26 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 12 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 42nd Avenue or 97th Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, Landmarks Preservation Commission, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.