62nd Avenue & Saunders Street

The four-way crossing of 62nd Avenue and Saunders Street is in Rego Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center is 540 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about four minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, two of them older adult centers, and seven places to eat. About 1,500 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1927 and 1941, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
1 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
1,170 feet · 4 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
Queens Blvd/Eliot Av · Q60
Within a walk
7 places
2 older adult centers, 2 playgrounds and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
62nd Avenue & Saunders Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 1,170 feet from this corner, about four minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    1,170 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Also within a walk

  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “In Memory of the Lost Batallion” (1996) by Pablo Tauler at the Woodhaven Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Queens Blvd/Eliot Av, 890 feet away, for the Q60.

  • 21 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Queens Blvd/Eliot Av Q60 · Shelter
    890 feet
    Q60
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q60 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 10 bicycle racks within 820 feet

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 Ave & Queens Blvd 20 docks in all
    270 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway westbound at Horace Harding Expressway & Long Island Expressway, 1,050 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 60-50 Woodhaven Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger and three fast chargers
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

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

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2025.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
30
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rego Park
Elevation
25 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,500 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 1927 and 1941.

Trees

NYC Parks records 46 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2017 and December 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 62nd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 62nd Avenue

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

North side of Saunders Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Loading only 1 sign LOADING ONLY MONDAY-FRIDAY 7AM-7PM
  • No parking 11 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 8:30AM-10AM

South side of Saunders Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 400736.

Parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 older adult centers
  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 park
  • 1 post office
  • 1 recreation center

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Park · recreation center
    540 feet
  2. Lost Battalion Hall Playground (Children's Area) Playground
    800 feet
  3. Lost Battalion Hall Playground (Tots Area) Playground
    1,140 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Rego Park Senior Center Older adult center
    660 feet
  2. Rego Park Post Office
    770 feet
  3. Older adult center at 93-29 Queens Boulevard Older adult center
    790 feet

Bank branches

  1. Capital One Bank branch
    1,300 feet
  2. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.4 miles
  3. NetCost Market Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

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

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are seven places to eat and two 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 corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 62nd Avenue or Saunders Street.

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