62nd Drive & 97th Place

The four-way crossing of 62nd Drive and 97th Place is in Rego Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Horace Harding Playground is 50 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about five minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, two of them day care or pre-K sites, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along 62nd Drive.

Safety record
6 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
63 Dr-Rego Park
0.3 miles · 5 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
310 feet
97 St/62 Dr · Q72
Within a walk
8 places
2 day care or pre-K sites, 2 schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
62nd Drive & 97th Place Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 63 Dr-Rego Park, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    0.3 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 97 St/62 Dr, 310 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 97 St/62 Dr Q72
    310 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 62nd Drive.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 62 Dr & 97 Pl 18 docks in all
    50 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 960 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 2 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rego Park
Elevation
15 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to two travel lanes
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 3,800 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 1955 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 93 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between October 2018 and August 2022, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 62nd Drive

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 3 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 97th Place

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING FRIDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING SCHOOL DAYS 7AM-4PM

West side of 97th Place

  • No parking 6 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 schools
  • 1 park
  • 1 playground
  • 1 public space
  • 1 trade or language school

Schools and child care

  1. Interdisciplinary Center for Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    340 feet
  2. Interdisciplinary Cntr - Rego Park School
    420 feet
  3. P.S. 206 the Horace Harding School
    620 feet
Show all 5
  1. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    1,090 feet
  2. Organikids Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    1,290 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horace Harding Playground
    50 feet
  2. Lost Battalion Hall Recreation Center Park
    1,110 feet

Plazas and public spaces

  1. Public space at Rego Park Mall Public space
    1,040 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    1,140 feet
  2. Capital One Bank branch
    1,310 feet
  3. TD Bank Bank branch
    1,310 feet

Supermarkets

  1. ALDI Supermarket
    750 feet
  2. Foodtown Supermarket
    1,270 feet
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    790 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    320 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and three food stores.

Not on record for this corner: 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:

See every intersection along 62nd Drive or 97th Place.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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.