97th Street & 103rd Avenue

The four-way crossing of 97th Street and 103rd 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. Corporal Ruoff Square is 1,120 feet away. The nearest subway, Rockaway Blvd, is about three minutes on foot, for the A. Within a five-minute walk are eight public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 18 places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1928 and 1960, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

Safety record
1 hurt
5 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Rockaway Blvd
840 feet · 3 min on foot · A
Nearest bus stop
920 feet
Liberty Av/98 St · Q112
Within a walk
8 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 2 religious buildings and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

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

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is Rockaway Blvd, 840 feet from this corner, about three minutes on foot.

  1. Rockaway Blvd A
    840 feet
    A

Next trains at this station

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

Also within a walk

  1. 104 St A
    0.3 miles
    A
  2. 88 St A
    0.5 miles
    A

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Connections” (2015) by Ray King at the Rockaway Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Liberty Av/98 St, 920 feet away, for the Q112.

  • 10 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Liberty Av/98 St Q112
    920 feet
    Q112

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q112 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 16 bicycle racks within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Belt Parkway eastbound at Cross Bay Boulevard, 1.3 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 100-07 Rockaway Boulevard Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 9325 Rockaway Boulevard Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    0.3 miles
  3. 1-01 Forest Park Drive Fast charging for electric cars
    1.7 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.

  • 1 person injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 1 of those hurt, on foot

The most recent crash recorded here was in February 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11417
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102 and 106 (the boundary runs through this corner)
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Ozone Park (North)
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1928 and 1960.

Trees

NYC Parks records 38 trees within 330 feet; the most common are the American basswood and the thornless honeylocust.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 2 signs on these blocks
  • 1 rule

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded in July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 103rd Avenue

  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eight public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 fire station
  • 1 park
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. District 27 Pre-K Center 101-49 Woodhaven Boulevard Pre-K center
    620 feet
  2. P.S. 65 - the Raymond York Elementary School
    640 feet
  3. Every Little Step II Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5
    1,200 feet
Show all 4
  1. Aim High Leadership Center Four Infant, toddler and preschool care, ages 0 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,280 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Corporal Ruoff Square
    1,120 feet

Fire and police

  1. Engine 285/Ladder 142 Fire station
    430 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    850 feet
  2. Flagstar Bank Bank branch
    1,260 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    960 feet
  2. Key Food Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  3. Market Place Supermarket Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Pharmacies

  1. CVS Pharmacy
    820 feet
  2. Walgreens Pharmacy
    1,110 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 18 places to eat and ten 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 10 corners within a three-minute walk:

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

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