81st Street & 97th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 81st Street and 97th Avenue is in Ozone Park (North), Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, two police-reported crashes were recorded here, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. P.S. 064 Joseph P. Addabbo is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, 80 St, is about five minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are three public places and four places to eat. About 900 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1915 and 1925, almost all in houses of one or two.

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81st Street & 97th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is 80 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about five minutes on foot.

  1. 80 St A
    0.3 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

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

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

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Rockaway Blvd/95 Av, 870 feet away, for the Q7.

  • 4 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Rockaway Blvd/95 Av Q7
    870 feet
    Q7

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q7 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 3 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway eastbound at Forest Park Drive & J Robinson Parkway, 1.6 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 81-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    900 feet
  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
    1.9 miles

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer 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 September 2024.

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

  • One travel lane
  • Two of the streets are one-way

Homes

About 900 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 1915 and 1925.

Trees

NYC Parks records 27 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese pagoda tree.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 playground
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

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

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Ampere Playground
    440 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    910 feet
  2. Golden Farms Supermarket
    0.3 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

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

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change, a parking sign or meter on the blocks meeting here and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 17 corners within a three-minute walk:

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