96th Street & 57th Avenue

The three-way junction of 96th Street and 57th Avenue is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, eight police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Elmhurst Post Office is 740 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about nine minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are ten public places, four of them schools, and 16 places to eat. About 3,300 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1962 and 1963, most in buildings of ten homes or more.

Safety record
5 hurt
8 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
0.4 miles · 9 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
180 feet
57 Av/Junction Blvd · Q14
Within a walk
10 places
4 schools, 2 trade or language schools and 4 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
96th Street & 57th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about nine minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.4 miles
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. 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 57 Av/Junction Blvd, 180 feet away, for the Q14.

  • 15 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 Av/Junction Blvd Q14
    180 feet
    Q14

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q14 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A marked bike lane runs on 57th Avenue.

  • 13 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 5 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

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

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 0.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 99-49 Horace Harding Expressway Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    1,040 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.3 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.

  • 5 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in March 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11368
Community board
Queens Community Board 4
City Council district
21 and 25 (the boundary runs through this corner)
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 3,300 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 1963.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 22 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules
  • 3 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between August 2022 and July 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
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

East side of 96th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM

West side of 96th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405184 and 467056.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Ten public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 4 schools
  • 2 trade or language schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    590 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    590 feet
  3. Happy Little Bear Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    610 feet
Show all 7
  1. John F. Kennedy Jr. School
    950 feet
  2. P.S. 013 Clement C. Moore School
    1,100 feet
  3. Mti Business School Trade or language school
    1,170 feet
  4. Mti Business School-Queens (5002) Trade or language school
    1,170 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefrak City Library
    1,000 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst Post Office
    740 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    680 feet
  2. ALDI Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    1,050 feet
  2. Rego Center Shopping center
    0.3 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 16 places to eat and six 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 of the 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 57th Avenue or 96th Street.

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, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.