57th Avenue & 97th Place

The three-way junction of 57th Avenue and 97th Place is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 15 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pauls Apostle Church is 970 feet away. The nearest bus stop, 57 Av/98 St, is 240 feet away for the Q14, QM10, QM11 and QM40, and 11 bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 15 places to eat.

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57th Avenue & 97th Place Nearby corners, linked

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 57 Av/98 St, 240 feet away, for the Q14, QM10, QM11 and QM40.

  • 11 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 Av/98 St Q14, QM10, QM11, QM40 · Shelter
    240 feet
    Q14 QM10 QM11 QM40
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …
  2. QM10 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 57th Avenue.

  • 12 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 97 St & 57 Ave 20 docks in all
    310 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99-49 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 15 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

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

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2025.

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
18 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 4,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1962 and 1965.

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

Trees

Seventeen trees recorded by NYC Parks stand within 330 feet.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and May 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 57th Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY TUESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY 8:30AM-9AM

East side of 97th Place

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

West side of 97th Place

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 405505.

Schools 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
  • 2 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 55-41 98 Place Pre-K center
    950 feet
  2. Johnson's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    980 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    1,120 feet
Show all 5
  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    1,120 feet
  2. Happy Little Bear Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    1,140 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefrak City Library
    480 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Apostle Church House of worship
    970 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst Post Office
    1,270 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    910 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    160 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles
  2. Rego Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 15 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, 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, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.