97th Street & 57th Avenue

The three-way junction of 97th Street and 57th Avenue is in Corona, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection. Lefrak City Library is 740 feet away, and John F. Kennedy Jr. School is 1,220 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about ten minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are nine public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 16 places to eat.

Safety record
6 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
Woodhaven Blvd
0.5 miles · 10 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
450 feet
57 Av/Junction Blvd · Q14
Within a walk
9 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Street & 57th Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

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

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd M, R
    0.5 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, 450 feet away, for the Q14.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 57 Av/Junction Blvd Q14
    450 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
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. 97 St & 57 Ave 20 docks in all
    50 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
    0.5 miles
  2. 59-17 Junction Boulevard Charging for electric cars, 35 Level 2 chargers
    1,310 feet
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.4 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported 17 crashes at this corner, more than the median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

  • 6 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

The city lists this corner as a Vision Zero priority intersection, a designation it applies to corners selected for attention on their injury record. It is not a record of work done.

What the city has done here

  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2020

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

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

Homes

About 4,100 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.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 16 signs on these blocks
  • 7 different rules
  • 2 active meters
  • 2 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2024 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 97th 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 97th Street

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

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 400797 and 406886.

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Nine public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 schools
  • 1 library
  • 1 post office
  • 1 religious building

Schools and child care

  1. Zeta Charter School – Queens 2 School
    860 feet
  2. Zeta Charter School – Queens Elmhurst School
    860 feet
  3. Happy Little Bear Day Care Preschool, ages 2 to 5
    880 feet
Show all 6
  1. Mosaic Pre-K Center at 55-41 98 Place Pre-K center
    1,210 feet
  2. John F. Kennedy Jr. School
    1,220 feet
  3. Johnson's Academy Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,240 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Lefrak City Library
    740 feet

Houses of worship

  1. St Pauls Apostle Church House of worship
    1,230 feet

Community centers and public services

  1. Elmhurst Post Office
    1,010 feet

Bank branches

  1. Chase Bank branch
    1,170 feet

Supermarkets

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

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Queens Center Shopping center
    1,320 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 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 97th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC DOT, MTA, 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, FDIC, NYS Agriculture and Markets, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.