81st Street & 101st Avenue

The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 101st Avenue is in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, five police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Ampere Playground is 300 feet away. The nearest subway, 80 St, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are five public places, two of them religious buildings, and nine places to eat. About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1935, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
3 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
80 St
700 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
230 feet
101 Av/80 St · Q8
Within a walk
5 places
2 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
81st Street & 101st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 80 St, 700 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. 80 St A
    700 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Outbound
1 line
  1. A …

Also within a walk

  1. 88 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “SOAR” (2016) by Mia Pearlman at the 80 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/80 St, 230 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/80 St Q8 · Shelter
    230 feet
    Q8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 4 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 81-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.3 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.7 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    2 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported five 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 July 2024.

What the city has done here

  • Accessible pedestrian signal, July 2020

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
22 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 1,100 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, almost all of them in houses of one or two. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1920 and 1935.

Trees

NYC Parks records 29 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the green ash.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 19 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between May 2024 and October 2025, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 101st Avenue

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8AM-9:30AM

South side of 101st Avenue

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 442648 and 448948.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Five public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. Claire Heureuse Community Center Pre-K
    110 feet
  2. P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo School
    700 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ampere Playground
    300 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Golden Farms Supermarket
    840 feet
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. CTown Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

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

See every intersection along 101st Avenue or 81st Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, NYS Environmental Conservation, NYC City Planning, US Department of Energy, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.