97th Street & 91st Avenue

The three-way junction of 97th Street and 91st Avenue is in Woodhaven, Queens. It has a clean safety record in city data between 2021 and 2025. New York City Academy for Discovery is 850 feet away. The nearest subway, Woodhaven Blvd, is about eight minutes on foot, for the J and Z. Within a five-minute walk are three public places, two of them religious buildings, and three places to eat. About 700 homes stand within 820 feet, mostly built between 1920 and 1930, a mix of apartment buildings and smaller houses.

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97th Street & 91st Avenue Nearby corners, linked

Subway

The nearest subway station is Woodhaven Blvd, 0.4 miles from this corner, about eight minutes on foot.

  • 2 lines at the nearest station
  1. Woodhaven Blvd J, Z
    0.4 miles
    J Z

Next trains at this station

Jamaica
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …
Manhattan
2 lines
  1. J …
  2. Z …

Also within a walk

  1. 104 St J, Z
    0.5 miles
    J Z

The MTA's permanent art catalog lists “Five Points of Observation” (1990) by Kathleen McCarthy at the Woodhaven Blvd station.

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Woodhaven Blvd/91 Av, 990 feet away, for the Q52 SBS and Q53 SBS.

  • 8 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Woodhaven Blvd/91 Av Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS · Shelter
    990 feet
    Q52 SBS Q53 SBS
    Shelter

Next buses at this stop

  1. Q52 SBS …
  2. Q53 SBS …

Live arrivals

Cycling

  • 1 bicycle rack within 820 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Jackie Robinson Parkway westbound at Myrtle Avenue & J Robinson Parkway, 1.4 miles by car along the streets.

  1. 93-02 Atlantic Avenue Gas station
    0.5 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
    1.1 miles

No police-reported crashes between 2021 and 2025, against a median of three crashes for a Queens corner.

The most recent crash recorded here was in May 2026.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
11421
Community board
Queens Community Board 9
City Council district
32
Police precinct
102
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Woodhaven
Elevation
39 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 1920 and 1930.

Trees

NYC Parks records 54 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the London planetree.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 6 signs on these blocks
  • 4 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2016 and July 2020, and the sign on the street decides.

North side of 91st Avenue

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

South side of 91st Avenue

  • No parking 3 signs NO PARKING ANYTIME

East side of 97th Street

  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME

West side of 97th Street

  • No parking 1 sign NO PARKING ANYTIME

Schools and places within a walk

How places are listed

Three public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 religious buildings
  • 1 school

Schools and child care

  1. New York City Academy for Discovery School
    850 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Grace Baptist Church House of worship
    860 feet
  2. Congregation Beth Israel House of worship
    1,270 feet

Supermarkets

  1. CTown Supermarket
    0.3 miles
  2. Stop & Shop Supermarket
    0.4 miles

Shopping centers

  1. Clocktower Plaza Shopping center
    0.4 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are three places to eat and one food store.

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 9 corners within a three-minute walk:

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, USDA and NYC Finance, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.