97th Street & 55th Avenue

The four-way crossing of 97th Street and 55th Avenue is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, four police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. St Pauls Apostle Church is 800 feet away. The nearest bus stop, Junction Blvd/55 Av, is 560 feet away for the Q72, and nine bus routes stop within a ten-minute walk. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them religious buildings, and 14 places to eat.

Safety record
3 hurt
4 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest highway entrance
Long Island Expressway
0.5 miles by car along the streets
Nearest bus stop
560 feet
Junction Blvd/55 Av · Q72
Within a walk
6 places
2 religious buildings, 2 schools and 2 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Street & 55th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Junction Blvd/55 Av, 560 feet away, for the Q72.

  • 9 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Junction Blvd/55 Av Q72
    560 feet
    Q72

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q72 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A signed bike route shared with traffic runs on 55th Avenue.

  • 11 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 2 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 55 Ave & 97 Pl 19 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, 0.5 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 94-01 Corona Avenue Gas station
    0.5 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    0.4 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.5 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported four 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
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in December 2025.

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
20 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,000 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1962 and 1968.

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

Trees

NYC Parks records 55 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the Japanese zelkova.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 26 signs on these blocks
  • 8 different rules
  • 1 active meter
  • 1 pay-by-cell zone

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 and June 2024, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM

South side of 55th Avenue

  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

East side of 97th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING TUESDAY 9:30AM-11AM

West side of 97th Street

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 8:30AM-10AM
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING MONDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zone: 400797.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library

Schools and child care

  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 55-41 98 Place Pre-K center
    880 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    920 feet
  3. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    920 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefrak City Library
    1,270 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Apostle Church House of worship
    800 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Bazaar Supermarket
    780 feet
  2. Cherry Valley Marketplace Supermarket
    0.5 miles
  3. City Fresh Market Supermarket
    0.5 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles
  2. Rego Center Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 14 places to eat and six food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a subway entrance within a ten-minute walk, a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 55th Avenue or 97th 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.