97th Avenue & 103rd Street

The four-way crossing of 97th Avenue and 103rd Street 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. St Mary Gate of Heaven Church is 760 feet away. The nearest subway, 104 St, is about ten minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are seven public places, three of them religious buildings, and ten places to eat. About 800 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1910 and 1930, almost all in houses of one or two.

Safety record
Nobody hurt
2 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
104 St
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
890 feet
101 Av/104 St · Q8
Within a walk
7 places
3 religious buildings, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Avenue & 103rd Street Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 104 St, 0.5 miles from this corner, about ten minutes on foot.

  1. 104 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

Next trains at this station

Manhattan
1 line
  1. A …
Ozone Park
1 line
  1. A …

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “On the Right Track” (2015) by Béatrice Coron at the 104 St station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 101 Av/104 St, 890 feet away, for the Q8.

  • 7 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 101 Av/104 St Q8 · Shelter
    890 feet
    Q8
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q8 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 35 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.7 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 110-18 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.6 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.9 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported two crashes at this corner, fewer than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner. Nobody was hurt.

The most recent crash recorded here was in November 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11416
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
29
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
42 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 800 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 1910 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 36 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the 'Redmond' American linden and the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

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

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in November 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

East side of 103rd Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 103rd Street

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

North side of 97th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 97th Avenue

  • No standing 2 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Seven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 religious buildings
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 listed historic place
  • 1 older adult center
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. High School for Construction Trades, Engineering and Architecture School
    620 feet
  2. District 27 Pre-K Center at 101-20 105th Street Pre-K center
    1,260 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Spear & Company Factory Listed historic place
    1,050 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Mary Gate of Heaven Church House of worship
    760 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Older adult center at 103-02 101st Avenue Older adult center
    820 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Key Food Supermarket
    940 feet
  2. Market Place Supermarket Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Other stores

  1. Dollar Tree Store
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are ten places to eat and eight 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 11 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 103rd Street or 97th Avenue.

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.