97th Street & 63rd Road

The four-way crossing of 97th Street and 63rd Road is in Rego Park, Queens. Between 2021 and 2025, 17 police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner. In 2025, 440 school-zone speed camera tickets were recorded here. Our Lady of the Angelus Church is 800 feet away. The nearest subway, 63 Dr-Rego Park, is about two minutes on foot, for the M and R. Within a five-minute walk are 11 public places, three of them day care or pre-K sites, and 37 places to eat.

Safety record
13 hurt
17 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
63 Dr-Rego Park
470 feet · 2 min on foot · M, R
Nearest bus stop
370 feet
63 Rd/Queens Blvd · Q38, QM10, QM11, QM40
Within a walk
11 places
3 day care or pre-K sites, 3 trade or language schools and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
97th Street & 63rd Road Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 63 Dr-Rego Park, 470 feet from this corner, about two minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. 63 Dr-Rego Park M, R
    470 feet
    M R

Next trains at this station

Outbound
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. M …
  2. R …

Bus

The nearest bus stop is 63 Rd/Queens Blvd, 370 feet away, for the Q38, QM10, QM11 and QM40.

  • 12 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. 63 Rd/Queens Blvd Q38, QM10, QM11, QM40
    370 feet
    Q38 QM10 QM11 QM40

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q38 …
  2. QM10 …
  3. QM11 …
  4. QM40 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on 63rd Road.

  • 39 bicycle racks within 820 feet
  • 4 more bike-share stations within a five-minute walk

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Queens Blvd N & 63 Rd 30 docks in all
    490 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Long Island Expressway eastbound at Horace Harding Expressway & 97th Street, 1,320 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 96-27 Queens Boulevard Gas station
    660 feet
  2. 62-60 99th Street Charging for electric cars, two Level 2 chargers
    0.3 miles
  3. 90-15 Queens Boulevard Fast charging for electric cars
    0.7 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.

  • 13 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 7 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in April 2026.

What the city has done here

  • Turn calming, February 2023
  • Leading pedestrian interval, January 2024

Camera tickets

How tickets are counted

In 2025, 440 school-zone speed camera tickets were issued for violations recorded at this corner, the 1,261st most of the 1,957 corners in the city where any were issued.

In 2026 so far, through August 27, 318 more were issued.

Every corner with speed camera tickets

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11374
Community board
Queens Community Board 6
City Council district
24
Police precinct
112
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Rego Park
Elevation
32 feet above sea level

The streets

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

Homes

About 2,600 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 1955 and 1988.

Trees

NYC Parks records 39 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 48 signs on these blocks
  • 20 different rules
  • 9 active meters
  • 7 pay-by-cell zones

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between February 2022 and November 2024; the 12 rules shown are the first by street and side, and the sign on the street decides.

Meters are posted as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 8:30am to 7pm on 97th Street (west side), and as 2 hour passenger vehicles Monday to Saturday 9am to 7pm on 97th Street (west side).

North side of 63rd Road

  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING 8:30AM-9AM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME
  • No parking 4 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9:30AM-11AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 2 signs NO STOPPING ANYTIME
  • Taxis and for-hire vehicles 2 signs TAXI/FHV PICK-UP/DROP-OFF ONLY

South side of 63rd Road

  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-10PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 3 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING 8AM-8:30AM EXCEPT SUNDAY

East side of 97th Street

  • Metered parking 1 sign 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 8:30AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY
  • Metered parking 2 signs 2 HOUR METERED PARKING 9AM-7PM EXCEPT SUNDAY

ParkNYC pay-by-cell zones: 405782, 463248, 463249, 465696, 465697, 466592 and 468551.

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Eleven public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 3 day care or pre-K sites
  • 3 trade or language schools
  • 2 religious buildings
  • 2 schools
  • 1 playground

Schools and child care

  1. United Career Centers Trade or language school
    220 feet
  2. Organikids Infant, toddler and preschool care · Pre-K
    420 feet
  3. Interdisciplinary Cntr - Rego Park School
    900 feet
Show all 8
  1. Tribeca Barber & Beauty School Trade or language school
    680 feet
  2. All My Children Day Care and Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,180 feet
  3. Metropolitan Learning Institute Trade or language school
    1,180 feet
  4. Interdisciplinary Center for Child Development Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,210 feet
  5. Valence College Preparatory Charter School
    1,240 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Horace Harding Playground
    920 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Our Lady of the Angelus Church House of worship
    800 feet

Bank branches

  1. Citibank Bank branch
    270 feet
  2. Santander Bank Bank branch
    1,020 feet
  3. Capital One Bank branch
    1,070 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Foodtown Supermarket
    400 feet
  2. CTown Supermarket
    1,040 feet
  3. ALDI Supermarket
    1,100 feet

Pharmacies

  1. Duane Reade Pharmacy
    680 feet

Other stores

  1. Costco Store
    1,150 feet

Shopping centers

  1. Rego Center Shopping center
    680 feet

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are 37 places to eat and 16 food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest corners on foot, five of them within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along 63rd Road or 97th Street.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, NYC Finance, 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 and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.